as in gone (on)
filled with an intense or excessive love for
her friends have noticed that she usually becomes totally enraptured by her latest boyfriend—for about a month
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Adjective
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Toward the end of her life, Goodman became obsessed with the idea that death was avoidable.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026 -
Josko Gvardiol, Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji all played those positions after Guardiola became obsessed with one-on-one battles and ‘winning the duels’, almost talking about football in old-fashioned English terms.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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Mary Janes gives the same charmed effect as flats, only with more arch support.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
6 June 2026
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Maybe the Brazilian is the charmed choice of this tournament after every other male star has lost.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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“Enraptured (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enraptured%20%28by%29. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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