punch-drunk

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Now, Northwestern University neurobiologists are the first to uncover what produces this punch-drunk effect.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023

When "I Think You Should Leave" was released in April of 2019, it melded seamlessly into the full-bellied feel of the times: buoyant and completely punch-drunk with positivity.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2023

The idea, perhaps, is to re-create the frenetic visual and informational environment to which Paik was so attuned and to which we are all groggy, punch-drunk heirs.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2021

Chelsea must have gone into their dressing room at half time punch-drunk.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2021

Negotiating the puzzling, infirm terrain demanded unceasing concentration, an all-but-impossible feat in my punch-drunk state.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer