trance
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"I was in a trance," he said of the hours leading up to the great decider and, still, the biggest day in Scottish rugby, 36 years on.
From BBC • May 17, 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
Notably, this trance is one of the few instances in the film when Lilian slips back into English.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026
She dances barefoot in a trance, her skin glowing with sweat, with her hair worn wild and loose.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
When she woke from the trance, she was cold, and exhausted, and languid; but her mind was all alert.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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