as in incantation
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The effect, when it is sung in unison by a crowd of 80,000 people, is akin to a kind of incantation.
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There is a bopping, rhythmic assonance to Ginsberg’s unspooling lines, more incantation than poetry.
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The invocation of Wilson Björck is useful.
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Shot in only one day and clocking in around eight minutes, the final scene feels as much like a seance or invocation as a piece of drama.
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Along the way, visitors can cast spells with a digital wand, brew potions, pot a mandrake, test their Quidditch skills and explore iconic settings like the Great Hall, Hogwarts classrooms, Hagrid's Hut and the Forbidden Forest.
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Back like Captain America, revived and ready to go after being put on ice for a spell, needed to save the day.
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The pressure that comes with ending a beloved TV show is both a blessing and a curse.
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Their greatest gifts are their biggest curses.
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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.
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Theater is a more symbolic space, a conjuration of lights and plywood, which offered Comer a kind of freedom.
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McTominay has also been in exceptional form for the Scottish national team during the recent qualifying cycle, and his performance will be crucial if Scotland is going to break the 72-year-long jinx of never having advanced to the knockout stage of a World Cup.
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Turns out Danhausen isn’t the only celebrity throwing down jinxes.
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The destination's ornate Victorian architecture adds an element of enchantment and grandeur to the scenic backdrop.
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But gratification can be pointed toward the world—the sensory enchantment of everyday life.
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Come to Eternia, the mythical home of flying dragon-like creatures, and swords, and sorcery, and spaceships — really, all the stuff a 12-year-old science fiction fanatic loves.
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Directed by Travis Knight and based on the Mattel media franchise, the sword-and-sorcery epic stars Nicholas Galitzine alongside Camila Mendes, Jared Leto, and Idris Elba, launching in over 300 locations on Wednesday June 3.
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“Cantrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantrip. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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