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astound

[uh-stound] / əˈstaʊnd /


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For now, Chambliss is content piling up plays that astound football fans across the country—except for those who know him best.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

Train punctuality in Germany is appalling - worse than in the UK, which will astound weary British commuters.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2025

But because of the breadth of her catalog, the presentation here could still astound you.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2024

A Banksy work does not astound with technique or formal innovation, nor is it meant to.

From New York Times May 30, 2024

“It’s astound ing. In so many ways, you’re just like him. You’re different, too, of course—you’re gentler and sweeter—but everything you’re saying ... you sound like Abe, when he first came to stay with us.”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

Having seen “The Drama” in theaters twice, what astounds me is witnessing the audience’s open-mindedness.

From Salon Apr. 9, 2026

What astounds, though, are the sculpture’s extraordinary eyes.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2025

What astounds me is that each month or so a manufacturer unveils a newer model that fixes tiny bugs that might have been present with an earlier model.

From Seattle Times Jan. 29, 2024

The Cannes reception to her performance still astounds de Leon.

From New York Times Oct. 7, 2022

Most of them are a good decade younger than me, and this astounds me.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

"I'm just astounded, 20 years they wouldn't let him out, but they still put conditions on it."

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Steve Gutshall of Murrells Inlet, was left astounded by Graham’s debate performance and felt that plenty of others were too.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

"We were astounded and overjoyed, actually," Haigwood said.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

“Ten men in front of goal, aim for a nil-nil draw. That’s going to make the first round low quality. Fans are going to be astounded by how poor the soccer is.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

We most of us slept an almost ensorcelled sleep, astounded by our fatigue.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

But the 23-year-old's lack of match fitness appeared to finally catch up with him in a high-octane encounter filled with breathless exchanges and astounding displays of athleticism.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss what this deal signals about the astounding amounts of money being thrown around the relatively niche market of A.I. investment.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

Fulton lured 40 friends and relatives on board and chugged all the way to Albany and back, covering 300 miles in 62 hours—an astounding pace of nearly 5 miles an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

This astounding dilemma is brought to you by the Angels, and their combination of a consistent focus on affordability and a consistently bad team.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Our mass rallies, from their very beginning, were astounding successes.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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