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Recent Examples of charmed circle
But the film comes into its own at almost exactly an hour, as The Man begins the ritual and The Surrender threatens to go full occult gonzo, complete with a charmed circle and a bleak netherworld resembling Lucio Fulci’s 1981 splatter epic The Beyond.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2025
In a political economy in which decent livelihoods are artificially scarce, selective schools have helped to keep my family in a socioeconomically charmed circle—and keep others out.
—The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
OkCupid has cast a charmed circle of inclusion, from which some people must still inevitably be excluded.
—Zoë Hu, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2022
Their class background and experiences of poverty pushed them outside of that charmed circle of perfect victimhood.
—Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 10 July 2020
Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2025
In a political economy in which decent livelihoods are artificially scarce, selective schools have helped to keep my family in a socioeconomically charmed circle—and keep others out.
—The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
OkCupid has cast a charmed circle of inclusion, from which some people must still inevitably be excluded.
—Zoë Hu, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2022
Their class background and experiences of poverty pushed them outside of that charmed circle of perfect victimhood.
—Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 10 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charmed circle
Noun
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Chávez also relied on protectionism to gain favors from business elites.—
JAVIER CORRALES,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Those who need loans to attend college come from working class families, the elites don't need loans.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Othering is a social phenomenon where individuals or groups are perceived and treated as fundamentally different from a dominant or in-group.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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There is a natural human tendency to have inherent negative feelings toward people who aren’t part of your in-group.—
Julia Standefer,
The Conversation,
14 Mar. 2025
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Across four days, an array of artists perform live at the city’s vast network of independent venues.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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What to know The CNN town hall will air on the network on Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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The penial fold, however, is asymmetrical, earning the species its name, researchers said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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In the blood, two types of antibodies (IgA and IgG) increased by several fold after vaccination compared with the placebo group.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
6 Mar. 2025
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Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Some health organizations say more scientific research should be done on the impacts of long-term or high-concentrated exposures to permethrin, especially for crew members.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2025
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His attorneys have said in filings that the Westerns clique — according to the Justice Department and the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office — is based on Long Island, New York, a state where Abrego Garcia has never lived.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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As Dan Humphrey, Badgley played the Brooklyn outsider who found his way into the elite clique through his romance with Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively).—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
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Yakumo is a young member of the Raven clan, a rival to Ryu’s own.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2025
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In coincidental tandem, the families behind both enterprises, both of Jewish-immigrant origins and both interlopers from the provinces (the Shuberts from upstate, the Times clan from Tennessee), had been collectively responsible for colonizing Times Square since its birth.—
Frank Rich,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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To meet the growing demand for nurses, Pennsylvania hospitals are partnering with colleges and universities to expand clinical training capacity, streamline pathways into nursing and develop innovative education models such as hybrid and accelerated programs.—
Kymberlee Montgomery,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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In 1986, Anastasio and Fishman both enrolled at Goddard, and McConnell received a hundred-dollar finder’s fee from the school—at the time, the college had just thirty-three undergraduates.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Charmed circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charmed%20circle. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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