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• Just don’t leave the news on afterward to break the spell.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Dec. 2022
• These things break the spell of the serious news for a minute, it’s pushed to the back of the hob to simmer.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 July 2020
• No one who might be able to break the spell of Trump seems willing to rip off the Band-Aid.
  — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 13 Nov. 2020
• The only way to break the spell of nothing was to ignite the something.
  — Jim Ryan, Forbes, 18 June 2021
• This film is a dream of New York, so beautiful that even tragedy can’t break the spell.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
• At 5Rhythms there seemed to be a taboo against looking, as if locking eyes could break the spell of freedom.
  — New York Times, 15 Sep. 2021
• The Yankees have three times the payroll of the Rays, but cannot break the spell of their anonymous pitching wizards.
  — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2021
• The hypnotist will only break the spell after the screening.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2022
• Only the people you are forbidden from touching can break the spell.
  — Jason Brown, The New Yorker, 2 May 2021
• Just when the Bay Area was enjoying a sunny weekend respite, news of more soggy days to come arrived to break the spell.
  — Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2021
• The truth is that change will always be uncomfortable, and Segovia suggests honest self-reflection to break the spell.
  — Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 6 May 2022
• Once caught up in the actor’s mesmerizing voice, no single horror story will break the spell.
  — Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 27 Oct. 2022
• There is some chemistry between the leads, although every time the relationship seems to be heating up something absurd happens to break the spell.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 10 June 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024