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bewitch

[bih-wich] / bɪˈwɪtʃ /


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Unlike Godard, he doesn’t try to bewitch you with theory.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

The prosecution alleged that Phiri and Candunde were hired by a fugitive former MP to bewitch Hichilema.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2025

While “I Put a Spell on You” is a fan-favorite, the super-creepy “Come Little Children,” sung by Parker’s Sarah to bewitch children for eating, is also a memorable performance.

From Washington Post Sep. 30, 2022

The Friz’s diverse interests, complete fearlessness, and unflagging cheer both annoy and bewitch her students.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2020

“Have they found a new way to bewitch us?”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

He has constructed a glossy fever dream that bewitches as much as it befuddles.

From Salon May 20, 2022

An Ozark faith healer bewitches two construction engineers.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2020

Orange wines may seem trendy, like a hipster fashion that bewitches bargoers from London to Tokyo.

From New York Times May 7, 2020

Its heroine Seren must battle a vengeful supernatural being that bewitches her adoptive aristocratic Welsh family.

From The Guardian Nov. 9, 2019

It is told by the old men that Oglugechana has a weird music by which he sometimes bewitches lone travelers.

From Old Indian Days by Charles Alexander Eastman

By the end of the second hour—partly spent traversing grid-patterned streets to avoid an accident—I was bewitched.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

"Wicked" has bewitched even its most reluctant fans, enticing them to overstay their welcome in the magical world of Oz.

From Salon Mar. 2, 2025

He said it was she who first bewitched him when he worked as a page in the stacks of the Johns Hopkins University library in Baltimore as an undergraduate.

From New York Times Apr. 2, 2024

Andrea Carnevale, the former Italy striker who is now a scout for Udinese, was said to have been bewitched by the Veronese kid.

From BBC Dec. 28, 2023

But even if it was just walls and a roof with papers inside, it had bewitched him, and drawn him in, and given him everything he needed to become himself.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The title track, which emphasizes the rapper’s new level of stardom, is anchored by a gleaming flip of Linda Clifford’s “Never Gonna Stop,” just four notes circling in a bewitching loop.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

She conjures a bewitching onscreen presence that many of her contemporaries could only dream of, pulling the viewer’s gaze with a single glare from her steely eyes or the quiver of her chin.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

When Conlon conducts the final performance of the company’s bewitching production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” Sunday afternoon that will also mark his last appearance as L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Of the ones that have survived, Isidora is the most bewitching, almost perfectly preserved and flawlessly executed.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

The fox would stare at him, looking deep into his eyes, bewitching him until he rose to follow it to its lair.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park




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