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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And the obsessed captain had been Black?—
The Know,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026 -
On the surface, Goldhaber and Mazzei’s latest is a vigilante crime thriller about a content moderator (Barbie Ferreira) who is busy hunting a web-obsessed serial killer (Dacre Montgomery).—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
7 Apr. 2026
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Brisighella is a charmed village on a Romagnol hillside whose medieval buildings are painted in muted shades of yellows and pinks.—
Erin Florio,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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Leodis Jackson leads a charmed little life.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Enraptured (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enraptured%20%28by%29. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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