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stupor

[stoo-per, styoo-] / ˈstu pər, ˈstyu- /


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How much can a film criticize big tech’s spell over children when the long-running “Toy Story” franchise is similarly designed to lure its audience into a stupor, and for increasingly diminishing returns.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026

At the camp, Ibrahim said, adults and children alike often wander around in a sort of stupor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

"I was in a stupor; I couldn't even speak," the activist remembers.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

About 1 in 150 people will experience more severe symptoms such as high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness and paralysis, according to the World Health Organization.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

It should be noted that Penelope’s fernibuster did not plunge all her audience into a stupor.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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