earth-shattering
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She is now in a relationship with Will Lindsay and last June revealed the "earth-shattering news" that they had lost their baby Phoenix.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
This is not an earth-shattering example of the mysterious contours of human desire.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
For anyone who cares about video games as art and has bemoaned the ever-tightening corporate stranglehold over visual entertainment and its archives, Sony’s disc phaseout is an earth-shattering quake that’s not to be taken lightly.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
In the 10 years before ChatGPT’s earth-shattering launch, the IGV returned 335% in total, or around 16% a year.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
There was nothing earth-shattering or especially inspiring about it, but it was fun.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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