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rooted to the spot

adj

Definitions

  1. Not moving or flinching due to surprise.

    • De Gea was rooted to the spot for Gundogan's opener then went down desperately slowly for the second, late to react to a volley that was not cleanly hit and even bounced in front of the Spaniard twice before he belatedly got a hand to it.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for rooted to the spot. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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