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dazes

verb

present tense third-person singular of daze

as in stuns

to make senseless or dizzy by a blow the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented

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as in blinds

to overpower with light a skier dazed by the glare from the snow

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Haslet Eaton stuns Keller Central Haslet Eaton upset Keller Central on Thursday, earning a 28-27 victory in a thriller.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2026
Innanen stuns as Paul Baker — full name all the time — a Canadian newcomer to the group who becomes integral to his friends’ emotional processing all while operating as the resident Gen-Z eye candy.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of stuns

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As the United States blinds itself, foreign adversaries are expanding their efforts.

— RENÉE DIRESTA, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
As rain blinds the sailors, the coach watches a bird’s-eye digital tracking map, dynamic laylines, and a live stream of over 1,200 telemetry points broadcast from the boat every second.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of blinds

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The pilot that dazzles and the agent that survives production are rarely the same thing.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
But the film also dazzles with its exhilarating action sequences, including a one-shot car chase that thrusts you into the thick of the chaos and stays with you long after the credits have rolled.

— Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

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