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as in to fascinate
to hold the attention of as if by a spell
don't let their promises of immense riches bedazzle you
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Recent Examples of bedazzle
Ivancevic bedazzled Kelce's jersey number, 87, in the corner and topped the box with a sparkling Chiefs logo centerpiece.
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Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Seconds later, Siwa was back to performing a song about her haters, wearing a homemade jersey bedazzled with her own name.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
The nightwear ensemble was, of course, bedazzled with purple faux fur cuff trims.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Federal agents carried out a number of arrests in the area, including one observed by a reporter for The Associated Press that included a street vendor selling bedazzled smartphone cases.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 22 Oct. 2025
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Details of the service were kept private, but the family's public show of solidarity in turning out to support Caroline is typical of the Kennedy dynasty, which has fascinated Americans for decades.—
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Why does Kubrick’s work continue to fascinate, thrill, and move us?—
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You may have been temporarily blinded, give a rethink to a matter that’s been at the forefront of your mind.—
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Also included is a blinding arrangement of 27 large Australian South Sea baroque pearls, with white and brown diamonds and a mix of blue, pink and purple sapphires, along with pink tourmalines, amethysts and rubellites piling on the sparkle.—
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At times, partners may have had a special mystique, enchanting you with their powers that may have sucked you in — for the better — or instead, like an addiction.—
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Coperni’s timing proved, well, enchanted.—
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Long before audiences saw Glinda’s dazzling pink dresses or Elphaba’s dramatic layered ensembles on the big screen, Paul Tazewell was imagining how silhouette, color and texture would bring the witches of Oz to life.—
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From dazzling flowers to delicious vegetables, these plants put on a gold medal-worthy performance in the garden.—
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Nabhan is ready with tongs and baskets, but my inexperience gets the better of me, and like Sleeping Beauty drawn to the spindle, I’m hypnotized by the fruit and pluck one with my fingers.—
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The result is beautiful and hypnotizing: a techno-hippie fantasia that tickles practically every neuron in your brain.—
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So we were stunned to read about how Sean Harden, chair of the Chicago Board of Education as duly appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson, reportedly had launched two internal investigations into how that board’s super-secret business got into the hands of reporters.—
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Others were stunned by individual line items.—
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“Bedazzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedazzle. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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