stupor

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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

But a recent FAA-funded study found two chemicals that can: formaldehyde, a known carcinogen and neurotoxin, and tridecane, which can cause headaches and stupor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2025

"I was in a stupor; I couldn't even speak," the activist remembers.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 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