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But the conviction of SBF and the death of FTX—and the subsequent clawing back of donations powered by stolen funds—sobered up a political class entranced by tales of “effective altruism.”

In a loud stadium, on a crowded sideline, Lynn walked as if totally alone, talking to no one, entranced in a silent, steely focus.

Or were these fans simply too entranced by the beat, unable to break concentration, their senses dulled under the influence of ecstasy or weed or fruit-flavored liquor?

Mammary and chest tissues were one of those places where fat packed on, a happenstance of physiological changes—setting us up to variously be entranced, upset by, and otherwise feel conflicted about breasts through history.

India was entranced by movies from childhood — she recalls watching dailies with her dad, trying to detect slight differences from shot to shot — but thought of that work as beyond her.