magic
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There are ways to treat HSD, Dr Eccles says, but no "single magic bullet".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Some, like Anthony Head, come close to recreating his magic.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Earlier this year, people started putting their credit cards in 3D-printed cases shaped like magic wands and filming themselves tapping the wand against a contactless payment terminal.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
Because one magic moment in October will make it all worth it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
“We do not call for more magic than we have skill, because then we lose control of the outcome. We lose control of ourselves.”
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
“Me? I don’t have any magics will get you out of a locked room, boy.”
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
The play “unfolds as a series of oil paintings magicked into life,” wrote Times critic McNulty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2025
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
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
Dumbledore magicked the tray onto the table, and everybody sat down.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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
There is a lovely moment when it feels as if the audience have been personally responsible for magicking up the larder through the astonishing power of our thoughts.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2012
The cook, a trow named Wattle, ignores me and continues magicking the parsnips to chop themselves.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
