put under a spell

Some conspiracy theorists have said the crowd was put under a spell before the crush, and phrases such as "Astroworld sacrifice" have been trending online since the tragedy.

Kalman waves her arms around like a wizard; the cast members lead one another around, fingers curled, as if putting one another under a spell, only to be put under a spell in turn.

It centers on Princess Odette, who has been put under a spell and must live a double life as a swan by day, woman by night, until she finds true love.

“You know that’s not right. You say, ‘Mr. Damon, you’re lost in the Belgian Congo where you have been put under a spell.

We are put under a spell, like the wedding guest, and carried off to the isolation and remoteness of mid-ocean.