hypnotic
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Hoover co-wrote the screenplay alongside Lauren Levine, which is why the film bears the same strangely hypnotic, if confusing, pull as her novels.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
Back and forth, neither of us missing, the ball blurring between us in that hypnotic rhythm that makes everything else disappear.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
Labubu hauls, Temu hauls, endless TikToks of nails clicking ASMR-style up and down a color-coded Stanley tumbler—it was a little hypnotic, a little horrifying.
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026
Tracks like the hypnotic “Tu Sancho” and the gritty “Marlboro Rojo” topped the Mexican Billboard chart, with the latter earning the No. 1 spot on the Hot Latin Songs list.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
On the pop station, it’s Pearl Jam’s hypnotic “Last Kiss,” so beautifully sad, it makes bereavement seem like an enviable condition.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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