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stupor

[stoo-per, styoo-] / ˈstu pər, ˈstyu- /


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How much can a film criticize big tech’s spell over children when the long-running “Toy Story” franchise is similarly designed to lure its audience into a stupor, and for increasingly diminishing returns.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026

At the camp, Ibrahim said, adults and children alike often wander around in a sort of stupor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

At home, it’s Alice Coltrane’s laughter that could break this spell or stupor or almost hagiography.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025

Her own spiky guitar riff leads her out of her stupor, like an energetic dog barking its depressed owner out of bed.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

Annabeth plodded along, half in a stupor, trying to form a plan.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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