shocked
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Janney, who plays the US President Grace Penn in political drama The Diplomat, told reporters backstage that she was "genuinely shocked" by her win because of how big of a show The Pitt had become.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Strangers approached me—I must have looked shocked and dazed—offering sympathy and goodwill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The picture shocked Al-Drimly, triggering emotions he was still parsing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
This is one of those instances where tennis people need to mingle with non tennis people and get shocked back to reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Thanks to the frigid Arctic waters, the Terror’s state of preservation shocked its Parks Canada discoverers.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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