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Adjective
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Back on the domestic front, Jeanine has reason to believe that her husband, Paul (Mark O’Brien), is having an affair with her senile mother’s caregiver.—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Sep. 2023 -
In one story, Earn’s seemingly routine trip to church with Gloria, Jeanie, and his senile grandfather (Bob Banks) goes pear-shaped when Gloria abruptly drives off with her dad, leaving behind Earn and a bewildered Jeanie, who has recently been their father’s caretaker.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2022
Adjective
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Other tribes of music-heads danced through dawn on muddy hillsides, barely sleeping or eating through the driving rain, dazed but giddy to take part in a massive, improbable event.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2025
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American Primeval’s second episode wastes no time, picking up mere moments after the end of the premiere, which left a dazed Jacob looking for his wife in the middle of a field filled with dead bodies.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Yes, Sam Darnold looked bewildered against Detroit in the regular season finale, and that conjures all sorts of lingering doubts.—
Jordan Brenner,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore brought different weapons to this cute fight: bobcat Kilgore and otter Brie, both seeming a little bewildered by the powder that surrounded them today.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Such an exalted position also makes a school oblivious to what’s outside the fabled gates, no matter how many scholarships these schools award.—
David Galef/Chicago Tribune,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
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Some of it is a management team that is way too bullish about its prospects without realizing — or being oblivious to — how poor performing their broader industry is.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The brand is facing an existential crisis, including multiple lawsuits, but the two warring families who own the company seem more preoccupied about a series of petty legal battles.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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But then the rebels seized an opportunity, capitalizing on a weakened government whose key allies are heavily preoccupied with other conflicts.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN,
9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But Mason and his team honored the sense of lost innocence, the aesthetic attention to darkly psychedelic absurdism, and the adulation for a good Michel Gondry film that lit Malcolm’s brain up.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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Children in the background looked hollow-eyed and lost, unable to meet her gaze.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Vittorio began the research and development stage with a belief that Lost & Found is a niche industry that only a few types of customers are aware of – think forgetful individuals, travelers, or parents of raucous, energetic offspring.—
Ethan Stone,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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For the uninitiated or the forgetful, here’s everything to consider for New York’s primetime looks.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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To do this, Moments of Space is centered around Tibetan Dzogchen techniques, which emphasises mindfulness over the unconsciousness practice (unmindful thinking and feeling) many other apps focus on.—
Georgia Day,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2024
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Verdugo can continue the virtual Fit Mind program, where LR learned about Cookie Monster’s unmindful eating.—
Isabella Cueto,
STAT,
17 July 2023
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“Amnesiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amnesiac. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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