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spellbound

[spel-bound] / ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd /


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To find the city as spellbound by its basketball team, you have to go back to the 1970 and 1973 champions, with the likes of Walt Frazier, Willis Reed and smooth Earl “The Pearl” Monroe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The spellbound astronauts pinned themselves to the windows, the first humans to see the far side of our nearest celestial neighbour.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

Whitney Houston is luxury displaced, spellbound, chased away.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023

This shot transfixes me because I have been so spellbound by Byrne that I am literally entranced and pulled into the music.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2023

It held all spellbound who were within sight The unicorn was white, with hoofs of silver and a graceful horn of pearl.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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