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fascinate

[fas-uh-neyt] / ˈfæs əˌneɪt /


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He’s a student of life as much as he is filmmaking, a humanist who forges connections with spectacular sights of the things that frighten and fascinate us the most.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

Female friendships fascinate Tessa Thompson—especially the ones that go awry.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

But the subject also appears to fascinate him.

From Barron's Oct. 30, 2025

And the wrap dress continues to fascinate new generations of women.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2024

Her neighbors despise the creatures that fascinate her.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

As a writer who is both gay and old enough to have watched the internet explode into the nefarious monster it’s become, the way language transforms online both irks and fascinates me.

From Salon May 10, 2026

"Their war cry is 'let's live life, let's live it healthily, let's live well,' and obviously this fascinates me."

From Barron's May 5, 2026

“I’ve done it 62 years. It still fascinates me,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 23, 2026

In elite sports real struggle is rarely physical; it’s always in the brain, and that fascinates me.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

It fascinates me to see the Youns courting girls in public, for in the Khmer culture these things are done in secret.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Its variety and complexity has fascinated biologists, but with so many different songs, it has been difficult to study on a global scale.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

This material belongs to the class of strange metals, which have long fascinated physicists because they display unusual quantum properties that remain only partly understood.

From Science Daily Jul. 8, 2026

Jonathan Talbot, the new home’s owner, said he was fascinated with prefab as “the natural progression of the housing industry” but needed to be convinced it was the right move after his house burned down.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

A few more quick things that fascinated me: He met with Woody Allen in the 1960s to try and sell jokes, and there are tape recordings of this meeting!

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

She is fascinated with the cabin and with Captain Smith’s belongings.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

"We've seen a lot of fascinating landscapes through Curiosity's eyes, but this sea of polygons took our breath away," said the mission's project scientist, Ashwin Vasavada of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

But it is those very moves that make Murashige fascinating as both a historical figure and a film character.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

As we reach the peak of this summer, listen to the latest Decoder Ring for a fascinating investigation into our changing attitudes toward sun exposure.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

The Spanish giants aren't in need of another winger, but Diomande is such a fascinating prospect that chairman Florentino Perez and Madrid's management did not want to lose out.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

It's fascinating, maddening, a train wreck you can't pull your eyes away from, however morbid.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon




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