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amazement

[uh-meyz-muhnt] / əˈmeɪz mənt /


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“So I’m a little in amazement about just the way life works in that sense.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

"I'm still in amazement that this can actually happen – it's super weird, super odd, super rare – but it makes sense."

From BBC • May 2, 2026

To the amazement of some, the crash site was bulldozed within days, which experts say destroyed potentially crucial evidence.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

When I exclaim aloud at this huge number, he tamps down my amazement: “No, no. There’s so much left—90% of this music is still unrecovered, unknown.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Often the amount of amazement she wanted to feel never quite matched reality.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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