beguile
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Edward Brooke-Hitching supplies all sorts of tidbits to beguile readers ages 7-9 in this entertaining compendium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
For now, here are the titles that beguile us going in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
In the years since, the pinwheels have continued to fascinate, beguile and confound us.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2023
English Heritage is not alone in its efforts to beguile visitors with historical treats.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2023
“Do you think you can beguile this conclave with your baubles and vanity? We are not so base as to be dazzled by shiny things.”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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In “Autumn Meeting,” a Budapest seductress beguiles an out-of-work jockey with romantic tales of love spurned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
You need a thing that beguiles its way into people’s lives and then beguiles them into becoming programmers.
From The Verge ● Mar. 8, 2022
Here, Cooke, a Manchester native, convincingly turns Irish as the spirited young woman who beguiles most everyone but always seems to have a hidden agenda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
This movie — the story of how she returns home — beguiles and fascinates on several levels.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2020
Nature in us, your deepest art beguiles, Stamping deep cunning in our frowns and smiles.
From The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee by Farquhar, George
Yet this strangely compelling work has simultaneously beguiled and baffled art historians for generations, starting with the odd moment that Pontormo chose to depict in his innovative way, isolated from the rest of the narrative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
In the 18th century, the 13th duchess beguiled the painter Goya, who portrayed her several times.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Known for possessing a quirky personality and, at times, an over-the-top perspective, Harbaugh’s history is that of a coach beloved by his players and beguiled by his critics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
It didn’t take long before the collecting passion had seized hold in earnest and I found myself beguiled by the decorative arts of yesteryear.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2023
In a dull, flat voice—to show I was not beguiled by his good looks or his family photograph—I told Doctor Gordon about not sleeping and not eating and not reading.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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But his highly anticipated return to the sci-fi summer blockbuster, the brilliant and beguiling “Disclosure Day,” is Spielberg’s most shameless appeal toward idealism yet.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
As we follow him, what seemed like a close look at a regional folk dance soon reveals itself as a magical realist journey that’s both beguiling and amusing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
He is asking for forgiveness for backing a faulty product, while also claiming to be a victim of its beguiling charms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Her voice, paired with Mr. Carey’s writing, creates a beguiling audio backstory for a woman whom time has rendered as unreal as one of her waxen figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
And that was the ultimate source of its beguiling charm.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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