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Investment in artificial intelligence continues to astonish amid a technological arms race.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

No matter the general state of the project she was in, Smith never failed to illuminate, astonish and entertain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024

For a half-century, the German artist Ursula Schultze-Bluhm made work that could astonish viewers.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

In her first address of the 2022 commencement season, Biden told the more than 1,000 graduates that “you astonish me with your grit and your determination and that is why I love teaching community college.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2022

Samuel said, “Most people don’t read the details. It’s the details that astonish me. And Abel had no children.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Throughout Mr. Stob’s narrative, their success astonishes onlookers and converts skeptics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

"Even today, the story of my father and my mother, while giving me much pain, astonishes me still," Blouin said.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

“It astonishes me that no American male singer sings with a full voice anymore. Where have all the tenors gone?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022

She has a gift for aphorism, the observation that astonishes.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2021

The bridge is beautiful at night, but it’s the city skyline that astonishes me every time I see it.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Then, in a scene in which Misty demands she be allowed to finish an audition, she flashes into someone else in a bit of pure craft that leaves those in the room astonished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Isaiah Berlin called Alexander Herzen “a Russian Voltaire,” who astonished his 19th- century audiences with a “prodigal opulence of intellect.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Rescuers said they were astonished and alarmed to see the number of people packed onto the dinghy.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

First reported by Derry Now, external, Laura said doctors were astonished when she was born with the condition in 1998.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

"Oh, Mademoiselle Hobin," Frances Clyne called, speaking French very rapidly and not seeming so proud and astonished as Mrs. Braddocks at its coming out really French.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

In its finest moments, the box set captures the astonishing level of musical development that will energize the remainder of The Beatles’ career, a period of unparalleled pop-cultural ambition and stylistic experimentation.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

So Mensah went to Tulane, where he displayed an astonishing knack for accuracy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

That is an astonishing reversal from Berkshire’s glory days during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s when it crushed the overall market by a wide margin.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Daily Mirror splashes on a "war of words" and "Earl's astonishing claims" after excerpts were released.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

On January 1, Orde-Lees was skiing near the edge of the floe when a twelve-foot-long, fanged leopard seal lunged up out of the water and began humping toward him at astonishing speed.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong