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as in fascinates
to hold the attention of as if by a spell
don't let their promises of immense riches bedazzle you
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as in blinds
to overpower with light
the theater's enormous chandelier bedazzled me as a child
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedazzles
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This is your chance to pursue whatever subject most fascinates you.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026 -
The cause of brain freeze fascinates neurologists and Slurpee lovers alike, and the science behind it is especially captivating.—
Julia Daye,
Popular Science,
2 Apr. 2026
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Window Blinds Give your wood or plastic window blinds a good clean with a Swiffer Sweeper.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
7 Apr. 2026
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But this technocratic benevolence blinds officials to the economic anxieties on the ground.—
Yunus Emre Tozal,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Ella has shades of Holly Hunter's intense, workaholic producer Jane from Brooks' 1987 masterpiece Broadcast News, the smartest person in any room who both exhausts and enchants everyone around her.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
12 Dec. 2025
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By bringing these three gestures together, Killam fashions a method that repairs, strengthens, and re-enchants the invisible social fabric that sustains us.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
27 Nov. 2025
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Lucy Punch dazzles in jewels at The Audacity premiere in Los Angeles on March 31.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
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Not because the technology dazzles them—but because the outcomes are measurably, unmistakably better.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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South Carolina stuns undefeated UConn 62-48, snapping the Huskies’ 54-game winning streak and advancing to the women’s NCAA championship game.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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This trail stuns in either direction, but beginning at Clark Forks cuts elevation gain by nearly 2,000 feet.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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During halftime, the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band mesmerizes the crowd with its military precision and complex formations.—
Kristen Tribe,
Southern Living,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Bedazzles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedazzles. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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