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In that loud and sultry enclosure, the aspirants lined up and repeated the same information, over and over, like an incantation to open a magic door.—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026 -
Where ancient midwives had summoned divine assistance by uttering incantations, medieval maternity caregivers called upon saintly mothers by reciting rhythmical charms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Despite the invocation of the term 60 years ago, stagflation’s heyday was in the ’70s, when economic growth cooled, wages stagnated, and prices were rising.—
Jill Schlesinger,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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And the court said by repeating his intention not to talk, that's not an invocation of the right to remain silent.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Royals had wished not to submit to the enticing spell being cast by their 2024 top draft pick, knowing that calling him up in a time of need could add another dimension of pressure.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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Yes, the five first-years are all in the set as two-color uncommons with Prepared spells, serving a similar function to STX’s cycle with Zimone and Quintorius.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
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The story introduces a family curse requiring Rachel to marry her soulmate by sundown on her wedding day or face death.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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The season ends with Rachel driving away, now as this immortal witness to the ongoing curse.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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Most of the recipients dismissed the composer as a crank, but a few were spellbound by his transcendentalist conjurations, and a cult began to grow.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
4 Nov. 2024
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Theater is a more symbolic space, a conjuration of lights and plywood, which offered Comer a kind of freedom.—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2023
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Will any of this year's crop break the jinx on March 15?—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
13 Mar. 2026
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Diego Simeone’s team have been knocked out of the Champions League by city rivals Real Madrid five times from the 2014 final onwards, giving that ‘jinx’ fresh meaning.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Add extra enchantment to your garden by placing a concrete fireplace along the fence with stone pavers.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
7 Apr. 2026
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Eighty years ago, the enchantment ended.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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Watch On Longing for the colorful tumbling force of fantastic '80s-era sci-fi sword-and-sorcery flicks that dominated multiplexes and mom-and-pop video rental shops in the Reagan years?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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The sword-and-sorcery title grossed over $68M worldwide, coming to be appreciated as a cult classic, and spawned the sequel Conan the Destroyer (1984).—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Cantrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantrip. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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