astound
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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
For 20 excruciating minutes, Geller failed to astound.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
You may try the recipe and astound your hosts.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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
So fast to learn, Cormie’s memory also regularly astounds her, Colvin said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
It astounds me that a major municipal paper does not even carry their home team’s results.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 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
Mississippi has astounded the nation, but the pressure is on to take the next step.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
As the relatively sensible one, Gill, a constant companion to Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor, as in “Who,” is wonderful being astounded or upright.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
Get ready to be astounded by how technology pushes forward in 75 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
I am sometimes astounded by people’s lack of empathy.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
He blinked, astounded, then leaned forward to look at it again.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
From October 2024 through January 2025, as bitcoin lofted past $100,000, investors poured an astounding $20.7 billion into this group of ETFs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Stocks bottomed that March, down an astounding 56%, and began a relentless rally that was only upended, however briefly, by the Covid pandemic.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
But doctors were ultimately able to save her leg – something she calls "astounding".
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
The astounding discovery that could link Eastern and Western medicine.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
They never seemed to run out of things to say to each other, which made it all the more astounding that they'd known each other for a total of two weeks before they got married.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
Vocabulary lists containing astound
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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