astonished
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I will be astonished if they can accomplish what is necessary in 60 days.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
You can see Salonen, who gave Josefowicz the support to be brazen, mouth to her astonished wows!
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
But even mathematicians were astonished when OpenAI announced that one of its models resolved a puzzle known as the unit distance problem without the help of any humans scribbling a bunch of equations on chalkboards.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Anthony Puzo, who oversees his father's literary estate, said Trigiani was astonished to learn that the character of Vito, the formidable Corleone family patriarch, was inspired by his grandmother.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Grandma had been astonished when none of the Palmers knew anything about an earthquake.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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