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also revery
as in daydreaming
the state of being lost in thought
I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late
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Just watching this thing is a haunting reverie set to some of Trent Reznor and Atticus’s lush score.
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Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2024
This news sends Milhouse into such a deep reverie that his parents call an ambulance.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
At another Trump barn burner, the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson digressed into a lengthy pornographic reverie about a father spanking his daughter.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
But no space seals her nostalgic reverie quite like the primary closet.
—Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
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Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2024
This news sends Milhouse into such a deep reverie that his parents call an ambulance.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
At another Trump barn burner, the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson digressed into a lengthy pornographic reverie about a father spanking his daughter.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
But no space seals her nostalgic reverie quite like the primary closet.
—Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Reverie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reverie. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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