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[swoon] / swun /


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Under cross-examination by Brand's barrister, Ian Winter KC, it was put to Dobson that in his witness statement he said that Russell Brand was one of few men he knew that women would swoon over.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Some spot Franklin and Nigel and smile and swoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Investors have brushed past the Iran war and a summer tech-stock swoon to keep pushing the stock market higher, but something has to give, and it probably will this autumn.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Thursday’s stock swoon wasn’t helped by more signs of an ailing American consumer, courtesy of Walmart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

“Ah yes,” Gramps said, placing his hand on his heart and pretending to swoon, “Gloria!”

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

However, with strong earnings providing fundamental support, those swoons are likely to be the exception rather than the norm.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

For example, it often swoons months before economists predict recessions and then rallies before they give the all-clear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Everybody swoons when they put four and five on weaker teams.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025

Meanwhile, Craig swoons over Austin, a local weatherman whose hang-out ideas — mushroom harvesting, urban spelunking, starting a punk rock garage band — give Craig genuine joy.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025

Fortunately the man swoons and Kropp is able to help us.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Within about 10 days the S&P 500 had shed nearly 14% as stocks swooned following the “Liberation Day” tariff announcement at the start of April.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

The final seasons of that drama swooned into a creative tailspin that “House of the Dragon” couldn’t pull out of.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026

None of this was good news, but if investors were on board with the long-term prospects of the neocloud, the stock wouldn’t have swooned so hard.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

When he was 19 years old, Hudson swooned for her after watching “Clueless,” the 1995 teen comedy that transformed Alicia Silverstone into an overnight sensation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

On his hack porch, we talked of a thousand things and laughed and swooned in pipesmoke and ate pizza.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

Over five books, it grows into a sprawling story of war, power and morally ambiguous immortals, in a formula that leaves its audience of mostly young women swooning.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

While we were swooning over “WandaVision” back in 2021, we couldn’t have known Marvel was softening us up for the AI revolution.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

“One Man” is a gorgeous slice of baroque pop, with acoustic guitar and a string quartet, and on the swooning ballad “Where Is Gone?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

It didn’t hurt that Smith gave the performance of a lifetime, putting her heart and soul into the melodramatic contradictions of the character, antagonizing Arnold one second and swooning over him the next.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Eleanor was trying really hard not to be overawed by Park's driving skills, but every time he changed lanes or checked the rearview mirror, she caught herself swooning.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell


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