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daze

[dayz] / deɪz /




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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

There were multiple people walking around the area in a daze.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025

I trundled home from the hospital in a daze, with my daughter in her pram.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024

I wanna console them and stuff, but I can’t snap out of my daze.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

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

That maybe this L.A. is another kind of beast—one that dazes you to death.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads

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

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

The two dazed pilots jettisoned what was left of the canopy and jumped into the water, dodging the rotor blades, seconds before the helicopter sank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Figo looked dazed and bewildered at his unveiling but showed his class once he hit the Bernabeu turf.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

Once again, dazed players and staff trudged over to applaud their supporters at Selhurst Park at full-time after throwing away another lead.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

He was leaning on Friar Hugo’s arm in a dazed condition.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

Small wonder that the free air, the light, and the spreading glories of Nature, had a dazing, subduing effect on the poor lunatic.

From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford


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