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as in stuns
to make senseless or dizzy by a blow
the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented
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as in blinds
to overpower with light
a skier dazed by the glare from the snow
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Take the quiz here … RETIREMENT PLEA – Chiefs coach's blunt message to Josh Allen after Bills victory stuns NFL fans.—
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FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025 -
Among them, Colleen Allen’s debut velvet maxi stuns in its simplicity, and Dries Van Noten’s bohemian take, fresh off the FW25 runway, makes a convincing case for maximalism.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
22 Oct. 2025
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The chaotic clip is a shot of adrenaline as Abel blinds viewers with the lights.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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Pride blinds them to reality until nemesis arrives, undoing both their achievements and their legacies.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
14 Sep. 2025
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Adapted from the first book in Herron's Zoë Boehm series, Down Cemetery Road follows Sarah Trafford (Wilson), a woman who becomes obsessed with the sudden disappearance of her young neighbor after a house explosion rocks their neighborhood.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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Bethenny Frankel rocks a baby blue dress at the RoC Skincare Lip Volumizer Pop Up Event in Los Angeles.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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The Taurids Meteor Shower—which dazzles stargazers every year from late October through into November—will soon reach its peak, when the spectacle is best viewed.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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Continue to Fayetteville, aka Razorback Country, where the University of Arkansas campus dazzles in autumn with hundreds of sugar maples.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Dazes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dazes. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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