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Viewers whom the film had beguiled as children watched it with their kids, and on and on through the decades.

From Time • Sep. 16, 2013

Even Loren D. Estleman, a fellow old-schooler and a prolific author of western and crime fiction, much of it set in Detroit, conceded that the new ballpark had beguiled him.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2012

Eventually cynicism, otherwise known as political realism, returns, and the leader who had beguiled a nation is rejected.

From Time Magazine Archive

E.S.M. had beguiled investors by offering high interest rates for short-term loans backed by U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

R. T. Jones, the engineer who had intervened on behalf of the black man with the Hampton police, had beguiled Langley managers immediately with his facile mind.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly