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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
If Darwin were alive today the insect world would delight and astound him with its impressive verification of his theories of the survival of the fittest.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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 "the power with which nature comes back astounds biologists", stressing how "extraordinarily resilient" animals, fish, sea life and plants are "if you just stop doing bad things to them."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
What astounds, though, are the sculpture’s extraordinary eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
So fast to learn, Cormie’s memory also regularly astounds her, Colvin said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
Most of them are a good decade younger than me, and this astounds me.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
"I'm just astounded, 20 years they wouldn't let him out, but they still put conditions on it."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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
The Vibe’s cargo space astounded us at times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
“You speak English/” The man standing there was astounded.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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
AEW, likewise, has seen an astounding number of early deaths in its seven years of existence.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Alan Greenspan was chairman for an astounding 18½ years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The numbers involved in AI are truly astounding.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
The similarity was astounding; Turtle not only looked like her Uncle Sam, she acted like him.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
Vocabulary lists containing astound
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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