aghast

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At a gas station in Washington's suburbs, Jeanne Williams, 83, was aghast at the higher prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Cottrill said he had sculpted the 79-year-old Republican leader's "turkey neck" but the crypto backers were aghast and asked for a more flattering, less realistic look.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

That omission has made her a villain to those aghast as he slashes through funding for vaccines and cancer treatments—including his own cousin, Tatiana Schlossberg, now suffering through terminal cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

Veterans of Ashes tours past are aghast, though critics have perhaps not been paying enough attention to England's away trips under Stokes and Brendon McCullum.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

He stared at it, aghast, unable to take in what he was seeing...the wand that had survived so much...

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling