magic
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Lionel Messi, at 39, remains Argentina's leader and inspiration, still capable of producing the magic that has this proud and passionate football country contemplating a repeat of their World Cup win four years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
That said, it’s easier to be patient when you know that players such as Mbappé, Dembélé, and Désiré Doué are capable of magic at any moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
It’s odd and discordant with a strange magic all its own — a blessing in what’s otherwise a lame remix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
That’s necessary magic in an age that’s starving for it.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Because,” said Slop as he scratched at his horns, “the fruit is ripe year-round. What but magic could make it ripe all year long?”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
These elements can be seen metaphorically in witchy films, where each member of the group represents different magics or general personality traits.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2024
SAT-SUN Crafts, minstrels, magics, food, activities, noon-5 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2017
His putter is not so much a stick as a wand, a thing that magics up birdie after birdie from ever-increasing distances.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2015
Such small magics are easier to come by than significance.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You think,” said Jack, “that you can do your little magics on me? Do you know what I am, boy?”
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
I eventually got my tickets by ringing on the day and being given the final pair magicked up from somewhere.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023
“Leopoldstadt,” which is at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre in a production directed by Patrick Marber, unfolds as a series of oil paintings magicked into life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
There are bouncy, excitable little partygoers in Act I, of course, and the diminutive dolls who spring to life at midnight as the Silberhaus parlor is magicked into a battlefield.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2022
The parents are taken in by the lavish surroundings, free fancy clothes, and free food that happens to simply appear as if magicked by house elves.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2022
"Do you mean to suggest that Ser Cortnay was magicked to his death?"
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
There is the all-encompassing “we,” magicking itself into existence whenever everyone online seems to agree on something.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2021
Zidane went away, came back, risked that legacy and somehow managed to be better than before, even magicking a clásico goal out of Mariano, for goodness’ sake.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2020
She was also part of an ancient magicking clan.
From The Verge ● Oct. 26, 2018
Otherwise the Potter play is just creating a grisly resale market, and magicking up profits for secondary ticket websites.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2016
The lamps the riders carry illuminate the silhouettes of the dead, magicking them into lumbering caricatures of humanity.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
