moonstruck
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Any argument against using their baseball unicorn in relief can be countered by those same three words, a phrase which this summer has come to symbolize magic and majesty and moonstruck possibility.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024
Or Japan’s moonstruck billionaire who will follow them from Kazakhstan in December with his production assistant tagging along to document everything?
From Washington Post • May 25, 2021
More recently, they have become moonstruck by icy, potentially habitable worlds in the outer solar system, such as Saturn’s geyser-spewing satellite Enceladus and Jupiter’s oceanic moon Europa.
From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2020
When not moonstruck, the darkness itself is the draw, a coverlet silencing the day’s concerns, yet granting permission for thoughts to drift forever out into space – while remembering to yell “Car up!”
From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2019
Briefly, she wondered if she ought to reveal the details of her employer’s moonstruck condition to Miss Mortimer, but decided it was more of a medical matter and therefore ought to be kept private.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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