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in a trance



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"I was in a trance," he said of the hours leading up to the great decider and, still, the biggest day in Scottish rugby, 36 years on.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

I must have been in a trance as I clicked through dozens of clips—fix-it videos, rescue-dog accounts, road-rage incidents, segments of “Justified” episodes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

On Wednesday night at Carnegie Hall, the pianist Vikingur Olafsson’s performance of Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations had everyone in a trance — including him.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

Wong flew out and his teammates trudged through the back of the dugout as if in a trance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023

According to an account by Blood, while in a trance she told the attractive colonel that his destiny was to become her husband.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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