faints 1 of 2

plural of faint
as in dazes
a temporary state of unconsciousness shocking news can cause a person to fall into a faint

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faints

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verb

present tense third-person singular of faint
as in collapses
to lose consciousness the kind of person who faints at the sight of blood

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Verb
  • When the ceiling collapses in her Montauk apartment, she’s forced to move to a bleak low-rent motel.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Ares instead collapses the two, transporting technology from the other universe—like the light cycle, a futuristic motorcycle that’s become a franchise icon—onto real-world streets.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What rankles even more about 2025 is that, in other late-season swoons, the Mets have at least been tracked down by an adversary.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That’s partly because prolonged summer swoons have become an annual occurrence under Boone.
    Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Catskills have always been a retreat—first for 19th-century painters and writers, later for city escapees chasing mountain air and summer swims.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Chicago River Swim raises money for ALS research The race was organized by A Long Swim, which raises money for ALS research by staging open water swims throughout the United States.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That’s more than our aging electric grid can handle, raising the risk of blackouts.
    Erin Smith, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Residents in affected regions report worsening blackouts and water shortages, while governments—eager for investment and AI infrastructure—have offered tax breaks and cheap land, often with little regulation or transparency.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
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