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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

And many of these events occurred relatively recently, showing that the field of physics continues to astound us.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023

The pusillanimity of American corporations on this subject continues to astound.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2021

“But you will amaze and astound your audience,” says Emily.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

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

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

Drifting between boiling anger and crushing regret, O’Brien’s delivery of a monologue to the ghost of Rocky astounds for its insides-bearing rawness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025

So fast to learn, Cormie’s memory also regularly astounds her, Colvin said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

“Shrinking” is more intimate, a show about hard emotions and hanging out that happens to star a screen legend whose presence still astounds everyone.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 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

In inner-city Sydney, Australia, first-time mum Paige Stewart was astounded as she watched her children's progress with the programme.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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

Pelletier expected to find him attached to some grand institution, so he was astounded to discover him teaching elementary arithmetic to boys in a small school on a back street.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

Why it’s worth seeing: While its subject matter is disturbing, the film offers an evenhanded look at the effects of trauma on a child, and Reeves delivers an astounding performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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

The numbers involved in AI are truly astounding.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

The sheer volume of training for a space mission is astounding.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir