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can't-look-away

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  • What São Paulo lacks in sea and sand, it more than makes up for with sophisticated style, can't-look-away architecture and a rich culture influenced by immigrants from around the globe.

    Sao Paulo: Brazilian Beauty Sameer Reddy 2011

  • Given the continued fascination from a large segment of the "can't-look-away" public, Sheen's ratings are still win-ning!

    NEW CHARLIE SHEEN COMIC: First look at Bluewater's bio book 2011

  • I put Saving Grace in that same category of riveting, gonna-be-a-trainwreck, can't-look-away TV, of which there is not nearly enough.

    Saving Grace Steve Perry 2010

  • I put Saving Grace in that same category of riveting, gonna-be-a-trainwreck, can't-look-away TV, of which there is not nearly enough.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Steve Perry 2010

  • Insanity has a certain can't-look-away pull for me.

    :Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2009

  • Since The Wall Street Journal ran an excerpt of "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" under the can't-look-away headline "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior," author Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School, has been everywhere: the morning television shows

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • MTV has been enjoying a resurgence fueled by can't-look-away unscripted shows such as "Jersey Shore" and "16 and Pregnant."

    unknown title 2011

  • This sky-is-falling content online has the same sort of can't-look-away quality as a car crash or porn, for which New York magazine has coined the term "pessimism porn."

    Latest Articles 2009

  • SIMON: She'll never have Winehouse's can't-look-away charisma, but yeah, Adele is a pretty great performer.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Of all the characters and story lines queued up for Wednesday's start of the major league baseball postseason, none provide the can't-look-away, can't-bear-to-watch drama that surrounds Brad Lidge, a once-trusted relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies who helped the team win last year's World Series.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

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