appall
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The blasts shoo the ravenous harbor seals off for a moment, and thrill — or appall — the tourists.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2022
“His politics appall me, too, really appall me,” he replied, according to Mr. Saunders.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2020
The second is that police departments run with just like—it would appall you—legacy information technology equipment.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2020
“So many of these stories just enrage me and appall me,” Lithgow says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2019
It might sound like nothing—or worse, it might appall that he only said it once in all those years.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Twelve Years a Slave
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