“New York kind of pulled me here like a magnet,” said Swift.
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Anything in your gut sticks to the surface of charcoal like a magnet and gets carried out through a bowel movement.
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I felt like I wanted to just immerse myself in all things New York, and the Robert Moses story was like a magnet for me.
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Gallup, New Mexico, was called “Drunk City, U.S.A” for its reputation as a magnet for drunks.
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When the neighbourhood of iron renders the use of the magnet uncertain, a plate or plane table is employed.
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So he jumped up and ran off into the entry, Nathan following him, to show his father the magnet.
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His flattering air of interest drew these confidences from her as irresistibly as a magnet draws steel.
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The attraction between a magnet and iron is mutual; that is, each attracts the other.
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Moreover, the sight of a familiar blue hat and blue-and-white dress down the platform drew Bunny like a magnet.
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British Dictionary definitions for magnet
magnet
/ (ˈmæɡnɪt) /
noun
a body that can attract certain substances, such as iron or steel, as a result of a magnetic field; a piece of ferromagnetic substanceSee also electromagnet
a person or thing that exerts a great attraction
Word Origin for magnet
C15: via Latin from Greek magnēs, shortened from ho Magnēs lithos the Magnesian stone. See magnesia
An object that attracts iron and some other materials. Magnets are said to generate a magnetic field around themselves. Every magnet has two poles, called the north and south poles. Magnetic poles exert forces on each other in such a way that like poles repel and unlike poles attract each other. A compass is a small magnet that is affected by the magnetic field of the Earth in such a way that it points to a magnetic pole of the Earth. (See magnetic field and magnetism.)
A material or object that produces a magnetic field. Lodestones are natural magnets, though many materials, especially metals, can be made into magnets by exposing them to a magnetic field. See also electromagnetferromagnetismmagnetic pole. See Note at magnetism.