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fascination

[fas-uh-ney-shuhn] / ˌfæs əˈneɪ ʃən /


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Parton remained a source of interest and fascination, and though few if anyone could really claim to know her, many thought they did.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

McFadden described his fascination with the relationship between music and imagery, starting with “Star Wars.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Amin, himself a boxer, harboured a fascination with Scotland after serving in the King's African Rifles in his 20s.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

A new documentary on the 2022 slayings of four University of Idaho students highlights the lives of the victims instead of feeding grim fascination with the killer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Calder understood the man’s fascination with connecting things that didn’t seem related, and he admired the way Fort challenged the experts.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

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

And was it easy for her to decide to give up the fascinations of a public career?

From Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life by Ulrich Frank




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