besotted
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Mr. Crowe, retaining a trace of his Hermann Göring from “Nuremberg,” is transparently deceitful to everyone but his besotted student, who agrees to be one of Murray’s guinea pigs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The trio were often seen together but when a besotted Harry introduced his new girlfriend, Meghan Markle, to William in 2016, the reaction was frosty, he recounted in "Spare".
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Wannabeher, meanwhile, is a sticky, sleazy track about being so completely besotted with someone that you start to blur the boundaries between where your personality ends and theirs begins.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The besotted “Dive” would make anyone swoon into whatever arms will have them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
“You don’t tell her what to do. Sana’s not some besotted recruit, she’s the head of our faction, and you—” “Tariq.”
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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