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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

To hear Judith Light, Jessica Hecht, Linda Lavin, Peter Frechette, Slattery or Whitford converse in this heightened theatrical patois was to become instantly spellbound.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 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

The boy stood on the lawn beside his older brother, head thrown back, spellbound.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand




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