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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

Wicked: For Good has received broadly positive reviews from critics - but many are far less spellbound than they were by the first film.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Within a couple of minutes, it snakes all the way back to the entrance, populated by doting parents and spellbound preteens hoping they arrived in time.

From New York Times • May 24, 2024

Whitney Houston is luxury displaced, spellbound, chased away.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023

He held the students spellbound with tales of old Zimbabwe, and the teachers competed to lure him into their rooms.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer




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