reverie
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Feig and screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine cleverly use this teenage-boy-daydream element to reel in male audiences who may be begrudgingly watching with their girlfriends, and Seyfried perfectly plays into the reverie.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
This moves the contact into the seldom used “X file,” where I can, in my moments of reverie, review and remind myself of those once treasured relationships.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
He is likely to find this reverie equally fantastical.
From Slate • May 8, 2025
Startled from their reverie, flurries of native hens - which piyura kitina is named after - scatter over the mossy grass as we arrive.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024
After eighteen sentences that mix wistful nostalgia with abstract philosophizing, the reverie is punctured by a stark revelation.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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