trance
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I must have been in a trance as I clicked through dozens of clips—fix-it videos, rescue-dog accounts, road-rage incidents, segments of “Justified” episodes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
But deadlines and bosses drew me back into the real world, much as the schoolday and homework and parents broke my TV trance as a kid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
She dances barefoot in a trance, her skin glowing with sweat, with her hair worn wild and loose.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
As it turns out, Gladys, avid in the occult, is keeping those kids in a trance to drain them of their energy and stay alive.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
I drew like I was in a trance.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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