fascinate
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And maybe that is the reason why Monroe continues to fascinate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 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
“In her 1970 tome ‘The Complete Book of Magic and Witchcraft,’ Kathryn Paulsen said, ‘You may fascinate a woman by giving her a piece of cheese.’
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025
“I told you — you don’t see yourself clearly at all. You’re not like anyone I’ve ever known. You fascinate me.”
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
That soccer thrives on the genius and physical prowess of human beings, which also means that the possibility of failure makes it profoundly dramatic, fascinates Luna.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 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
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 helps to build a more rounded profile of Hitler, a person who still fascinates and terrifies in equal measure.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
It is said that sometimes he fascinates them, as the weasel does, by rolling and playing in the open, coming closer little by little until he can make a grab.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Scott is fascinated by the character, a malfunctioning AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The house, which has fascinated generations of commuters, was built in 1963 by Sam Harkleroad, a tinkerer who dotted Marin County with unconventional dwellings before he died in 1993.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
He admitted to being fascinated by fire, and that "things that go through fire experience a kind of rebirth," a detective said in the document.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
"People are also fascinated with our little walled allotment, I call that my mini woodland," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Returning, I had to cross before the looking-glass; my fascinated glance involuntarily explored the depth it revealed.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Here’s where the band generates a fascinating juxtaposition: part of “Escrito en Agua” is recorded in a lo-fi style, with rough-around-the-edges moments — like the kind of teen barrio band that you feel protective of.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
An improvement on the source material: HBO’s new show Lanterns takes a character with an embarrassing history and makes him fascinating.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
You can hear clear and compelling evidence of this on the opening track, “Jungle Roux,” in the beguiling falsetto on “Duvateen,” or the fascinating vocal treatment on “My Lover.”
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
It will also be fascinating to see if he gets asked to fill in at left-back too.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
There were always more fascinating things to watch and record, more people to help write everything down.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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