smitten
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The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Trump is so smitten with his Florsheim dress shoes that he shod his whole Cabinet in the same footwear.
From Slate • Mar. 14, 2026
The adaptation retained the 18th-century setting and the central plot: The teenage siren Manon, on her way to a convent, runs off with a smitten young aristocrat, the Chevalier Des Grieux.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
Pep Guardiola is so smitten by Rayan Cherki that the Manchester City boss said he wanted to kiss the "incredible" French star after his virtuoso performance in Saturday's 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest.
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
And on the family's only visit to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, young Patti slipped off alone to a hall of Picassos and was "smitten".
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
Hall met her as he passed through Pheriche on his way to the mountain, and he was immediately smitten.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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