stupefaction
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Margulies litigated some of the biggest cases of egregious human rights violations of the post-9/11 “War on Terror”, an experience that informed his recent piece in the Boston Review: The Moral Stupefaction of America.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2026
Stupefaction, sorrow, resignation, indifference — the mood in Pointe-a-Pitre changes from street to street.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2021
I am so struck down with all these blows from within and without, that I feel myself in a sort of Stupefaction.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Carlyle, Thomas
Stupefaction from Fumes of Charcoal, or from entering a Well, Limekiln, or Coalmine.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther
Stupefaction at this quick, atrocious deed left her an automaton; and before she had fully regained her control they were speeding towards San Mateo, she at his side.
From In the Shadow of the Hills by Shedd, George C. (George Clifford)
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The Turn of the Screw
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 3
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