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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Then came the invocation delivered by the Bishop of Washington, and then the Secretary of the Smithsonian, Dillon Ripley, welcomed everyone who had come out for the ceremony.
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The invocation of Wilson Björck is useful.
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In France, more than 1,000 excess deaths were recorded during the heat spell, according to the country’s national public health agency.
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Dettori retired as a jockey after taking some rides in Brazil following a spell racing in the United States, Britain's PA news agency reported.
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Morgan and her Judgment Day cronies tried to bribe Danhausen to put curses on their opponents.
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The dust-ups might have driven the Honeywells away from their island paradise, more casualties of the lottery curse.
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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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In fact, its chief AI product sports a brand name that Eisman fondly recalls from his teenage sci-fi enchantment.
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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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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 6 Jul. 2026.
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