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Even before its conquest in the second century BCE, Greece and its classical past had fascinated Romans.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Berryman had fascinated my friend and me for as long as we had known each other.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022

Like the movie stars who had fascinated her since childhood, she was a master of entrances.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2021

He planted wildflowers to try to attract bees that had fascinated him in wildlife documentaries.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

Everything about space had fascinated her from the very beginning, and there, on television, was a black woman in space, doing her job and doing it well.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly