trance
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All this competence puts us in a strange state — a suspenseful trance — in which you feel on edge while also relaxing into the idea that the characters have things under control.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 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
"I think I was walking around in like a stunned, surprised trance if you like for about three weeks."
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
Notably, this trance is one of the few instances in the film when Lilian slips back into English.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026
Ivy shook her head like she was coming out of a trance.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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