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The fictional game has been a real-life sensation among muggles for more than a decade and is played as a fast-paced, mixed-gender contact sport across the world.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2022

What a depressing descent it’s been for the “Fantastic Beasts” movies, the “Harry Potter” prequel franchise intended to expand the magical world of witches, wizards and muggles spun to life by J.K.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2022

New offerings, along with a number of holdovers, were able to draw muggles and crack the top five as comedy “Instant Family” and heist drama “Widows” each opened relatively on par with expectations.

From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2018

This prequel to the Harry Potter series, starring Eddie Redmayne as a “magizoologist” in 1920s New York, has muggles everywhere counting the days ’til next November.

From Time • Dec. 21, 2015

There will also be butterbeer on tap and a ceremony to sort fans into Hogwarts houses — not to mention the company of like-minded muggles.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2015