spellbinding

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Wu and Allen produced a session of spellbinding snooker and finished locked at 11-11 to perfectly set up the final session of their last-four meeting.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

More than 80 years after he was created in Albert Camus’s 1942 novella “The Stranger,” Meursault is still the same chilling prophet of alienation, a walking caricature of emotionlessness who is nevertheless spellbinding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

If Gellar didn’t have such a spellbinding screen presence, one might think she was the common denominator factor in all of these failed series.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

But she eventually brushed herself down and stunned the onlooking crowd with her spellbinding third run, her coach bursting into tears at the realisation of what Choi had achieved.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

As that spellbinding first drive unfolded to give Permian a 7—0 lead, Hankins knew it was over even though there were more than three quarters of football left to play.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger