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Recent Examples of somniferous Everyone was back in the Dolby Theatre, a welcome return after last year’s somniferous experiment from Steven Soderbergh, which was held in Los Angeles’s Union Station. Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
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  • Come for the lingering glamour shots of Keene and Hyland, resplendent in their 1930s finery, stay for the hypnotic overhead shots of the rocky coast off Gull’s Point.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The short plunges viewers into a hypnotic, psychological clash between light and dark.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Somniferous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somniferous. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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