as in transporting
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
nature lovers will be raptured by the documentary's breathtaking cinematography
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Crossbody Bag Make transporting your items and safety a priority with a reliable crossbody bag.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025 -
Texas lawmakers rejected both the Smithsonian's cost estimates of transporting Discovery and the museum's legal claim of ownership.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Gen Alpha’s latest viral catchphrase is baffling adults and delighting kids across the country.—
Kimberly Richardson,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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The video-sharing phenomenon has captivated billions, upending old ways of doing things, generating vast revenues, and delighting people around the world.—
Merrill Fabry,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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In short, queso brings the heat and texture, while cheese dip focuses on velvety, crowd-pleasing comfort.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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Frehley’s contributions to the record were reduced, including his crowd-pleasing signature solos, and Kiss began its tour to support the disc with Vinnie Vincent replacing Frehley.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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Closing out the first decade of sound film, Son of Frankenstein has far more ropey dialogue than entrancing atmosphere or a memorable arc for the Monster.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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But sometimes salt is a problem, as evidenced in a strangely entrancing photography exhibit at Berkeley’s David Brower Center.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Among them were countless era-defining releases that are still among the best movies ever made—of any genre—from the haunting Rebecca to the gripping Rear Window, and the ravishing Vertigo to the hair-raising Psycho.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2025
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But each night, Hero’s stories before bedtime prove so entrancing that Manfred fails to go through with any seducing, let alone ravishing.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Military rescue teams fanned out across the region, the defence ministry said in a statement, with 40 flights carrying away 420 wounded and dead.—
Mohammad Yunus Yawar,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2025
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Drool was evaporating off them, carrying away heat.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Collaborators encouraged her to also ditch the jazz singing and try rapping and pop vocals.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
24 Oct. 2025
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Historically, that intergenerational conversation has come through producers sampling older records, or George Clinton rapping Rakim lyrics — not AI slop.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Then the picture begins to blur before coming back into clear focus to reveal Novak, still enchanting at 92, standing in a room filled with her paintings.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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