as in to faint
to lose consciousness
easily swooned at the sight of blood
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as in daze
a state of mental confusion
she wandered about in a swoon for several days after receiving the tragic news
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as in faint
a temporary state of unconsciousness
fell into a swoon after stepping off of the incredibly fast roller coaster
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as in ecstasy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
her boyfriend's proposal sent her into a joyous swoon
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Recent Examples of swoon
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
Taking partial profits can protect against whatever happens next in the market that swooned Friday and bounced Monday.
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Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
England always has flashy players heading into World Cup play, but the results haven't been there, and they've often been sent home in brutal fashion, offering a great parallel to the Mets' clockwork-like midsummer swoons and late-season meltdowns.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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Watching a television broadcast from 1994 and swooning at the fuzzy beauty of it all, though?
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Jack Lang,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
Taking partial profits can protect against whatever happens next in the market that swooned Friday and bounced Monday.
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Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
Noun
Have a little break in June — June swoon — not overly surprising.
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Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
England always has flashy players heading into World Cup play, but the results haven't been there, and they've often been sent home in brutal fashion, offering a great parallel to the Mets' clockwork-like midsummer swoons and late-season meltdowns.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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The woman, Muñoz said, had seen people fainting from the heat.
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The humble accessory that once adorned fainting couches in early 19th-century portraiture is appearing across modern bedrooms, from Ariel Kaye’s house to Brunch With Babs’s Connecticut home to this Palm Beach Spanish-style retreat.
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Hospital staff lined up to sing and dance, celebrating their good fortune, as the pair looked on in a daze.
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Summer Satur-daze Summer Music Series.
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Welcome to a Monday Nightcaps — the one where UFC ring girl Chrissy Blair put America in a trance to celebrate the big 2-5-0.
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Scary Movie included joking references to both the creepy Aunt Gladys character, as well as the famous scene of all the kids running off in the middle of the night — except the kids in Scary Movie are running from accidental weed candies at Halloween instead of a trance.
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The album covers hardstyle, new age pop, and operatic folk at a sometimes startling pace, capturing the chaos and ecstasy of one of the most physically and emotionally transformative experiences the human body can endure.
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While Pughsley planned seminars, Burdette lined up cocaine, ecstasy, and strippers.
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The company also flags baseline cardiac disease, abnormal ECG, arrhythmia, prior cervical vagotomy, abnormal cervical anatomy, brain tumor or aneurysm history, head trauma, syncope, seizures and nickel allergy as unevaluated risks.
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Vasovagal syncope is defined by the British National Health Service as a common type of fainting caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure and heart rate.
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The queen of pop swapped her Confessions II-era shiny golden doll-like curls for a high-to-the-heavens mullet.
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Oh, heavens to Betsy, not the chest hair!
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One of the artists Olivier interviewed, Xang, rapped at blistering decibels to the delight and confusion of a couple hundred stylish black and brown kids.
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By the time Soto picked the ball up and looked toward the infield, Springer was already around third base to score his Little League home run to the delight of the Rogers Centre crowd.
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These days, Evan finds some joy with his parents’ dog, a Mini Aussie named Gypsy, which now lives with him.
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The days leading up to his passing were filled with joy, gratitude, peace and acceptance.
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“Swoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swoon. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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