astound
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That she and Paulson are a couple, never mind a Hollywood “It” couple, continues to astound her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
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
And many of these events occurred relatively recently, showing that the field of physics continues to astound us.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023
“But you will amaze and astound your audience,” says Emily.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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Having seen “The Drama” in theaters twice, what astounds me is witnessing the audience’s open-mindedness.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
He added that DiCaprio "astounds – frazzled and absurd yet also sweet and even noble, he evokes Jack Nicholson in his prime".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
What astounds, though, are the sculpture’s extraordinary eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
What really astounds her colleagues, though, is not only that she has survived and remains committed, but that Maye’s humor, spirit and above all her voice are in the best shape of her career.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
The stamper is a brazen touch, but it's Karl who astounds Helmuth and Rudi with the risks he takes.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Bernadette said she was "absolutely astounded" to find out the cost of paying for their water, as it used to be just a "little add-on" to their monthly bills.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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
As someone who used to write code, I’m astounded by the ability simply to talk to some AI bot named Claude, which then spits out pretty decent software.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
I am astounded: how she can even think of paying $40 to $60 a day?
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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With hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped into the ecosystem at once, and ad-makers earning astounding sums of cash for their quick work, you’re going to get a lot of slop.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
This time, it was Los Angeles’s turn to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat by doing something even more astounding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
AEW, likewise, has seen an astounding number of early deaths in its seven years of existence.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
The numbers involved in AI are truly astounding.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Horizontal, soundless except for a peculiar boom, tangible, infinite, the astounding dimensional weight of it streamed across the mud.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Vocabulary lists containing astound
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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