fascination
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For decades, the wider area of Williamsburg has held a major cultural fascination for the type of millennial transplant who makes their way out to the East Coast.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
A traditional accessory that secured and decorated women’s clothing, it shows how, even amid trans-Atlantic exchange and the blending of cultures, the fascination with fantastical creatures endured.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The soot-blackened Philadelphia he encountered, then in a state of urban decay, sparked his lifelong fascination with industrialism, destitution and the macabre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Nancy became a regular presence with her husband on diplomatic travel and an international source of fascination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
I walked up to the marsh, a place that had held such fascination and fun and fear for me, and placed my feet at the edge of the water.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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It’s cast with some of the more attractive young people available, while the characters of “Sterling Point” looks like standard-issue teenagers with common fascinations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Instead of a pool, this canvas features another of Hockney’s signature fascinations: a manicured, bright green lawn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Maybe the only purpose in any of this is to prolong morbid fascinations, to twist the knife.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
One of the eternal fascinations of Test cricket, especially in these Bazballistic times, is that there are almost infinite ways for interpreting what has happened.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024
For one who could appreciate them, Valencia held pleasures more highly flavored, other fascinations; and he was sorry that I was out of them without tasting them.
From The Joy of Captain Ribot by Armando Palacio Vald?s
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