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fascination

[fas-uh-nay-shuhn] / ˌfæs əˈneɪ ʃən /


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But the public fascination is about more than just one officer.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

GLP-1 drugs have transformed the public conversation around appetite and weight loss; “ThinTok” has given restriction a new algorithmic sheen; conspicuously thin celebrity bodies are once again objects of fascination.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

The story is simultaneously one of horror and of fascination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Although he was not a religious person, seeing the skyline made him feel what is called in Latin the mysterium tremendum et fascinans—that stomach-flipping mix of awestruck fear and entrancing fascination.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

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

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

Take Giamatti’s new podcast, Chinwag, in which he and author Stephen Asma follow their fascinations with things think Sasquatch.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

The fascinations of his old vice were irresistible.

From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu




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