daze
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At the final whistle, they slumped to the turf in a daze while a familiar Spanish party exploded around them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"I've been in a daze ever since I saw the announcement. Until more information comes out, I need to be careful not to mess up my daily life from overthinking," wrote X user Yachi.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
SZA’s Alyssa is a bohemian who bops around in a daze with painted flowers on her car and stuffed animals on her shoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
I trundled home from the hospital in a daze, with my daughter in her pram.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024
This pulled me out of my daze and made me smile.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
Players would come off the course in veritable dazes.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
Moans and groans and the stench of diarrhea emanated from the so-called receptacles, the barracks set up for new arrivals; people wandered the grassy streets in fevered dazes.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2014
Skimming through the outsiders of World Cups past, few in their right minds or even their fuzziest dazes would have come up with Uruguay 1950, North Korea 1966, Northern Ireland 1982, Bulgaria 1994, Turkey 2002.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2010
But I never see a more experienced associate do this—first, because the customers are often annoyed to have their shopping dazes interrupted and, second, because we have far more pressing things to do.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
But maybe The Angels is a different kind of beast—one that just dazes you to death.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
In Taichung, a meal so fluent in Chinese tradition it left me a little dazed, and yet set out simply to be enjoyed, not to prove a point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
It took me a moment to realize why the meal left me a little dazed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
“We were all dazed, our ears were ringing,” said José Hernán Flores, 51, captain of the Negra Francisca.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
As Pereira stepped in, Gane dropped the 38-year-old with a perfectly timed jab and although he got back to his feet, the referee waved off the contest as the Frenchman overwhelmed his dazed opponent.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Regan asked, pulling me from my dazed preoccupation with the beauty of the place I’d called home for most of my life.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Harper collided with Moreno at home plate, dazing the catcher, but who remained in the game.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2023
Former Laker Ben McLemore swiped at the ball and elbowed James in the side of the head in the first quarter, dazing the Lakers’ star and sending him staggering into the front row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
With one minute remaining in the final round, Diaz landed a straight left jab, dazing Edwards.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2021
He flashed his gleaming smile, dazing her momentarily.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
He could realize only the dazing and crushing import of his own unwilling instrumentality.
From The Tyranny of Weakness by Paul Stahr
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