marvel
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While Heyward would marvel at how close Freeman was willing to cut it, Freeman would give Heyward grief for how long he’d take to get ready.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Readers in America may marvel at the authors’ misunderstanding of the Kellogg family’s breakfast-cereal story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Ming dynasty floating-crab cup is a marvel to behold.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
But listening back now, it’s hard not to marvel at how timeless this timely track feels.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
“I'm ready to try my timesight marvel again. My extra classes with Dr. Karlsson are working.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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After the delays and cost increases, these projects have not exactly delivered reliable marvels.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Mr. Bryson’s pivotal summer is full of heroes, frauds, fads and marvels, but the reader is aware of what the revelers cannot yet imagine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Filmed on location in Sequoia National Park, “Wowsabout” follows live-action puppets Roxy, a hedgehog, and Ronald, a pig, as they go on a camping trip and learn about the marvels of nature.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
"I've seen workshops that are nigh on dust-free," marvels furniture maker and woodwork instructor Ryan Saunders.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
“We have marvels still before us,” he said, and they came down from the stairway and followed him, walking gingerly, testing the floors as they moved.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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When Molly Taylor started taking Mounjaro in the fall of 2024, she marveled at the speed of results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
While the “Heartstopper” team expected the series to resonate with younger audiences, they have been particularly moved by the reactions of older queer viewers, who have marveled at the strides in LGBTQ+ representation onscreen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
As I walked through downtown, I marveled at how the overwhelmingly Gen Z throngs expressed their mexicanidad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
I marveled at how much courage it must take to turn your real life into art, just for the chance that one person might see it and be impacted by it.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Duane marveled at how the hare recalled all the details of Handsome’s river crossing and was willing to ignore her own fears in the assistance of Handsome and Major Puff.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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And in May 2025 Trump sounded more than a little envious of his Arab hosts as he praised the marble of Qatar's royal palace as "perfecto" and marvelled at Saudi Arabia's architecture.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
"I can make out all the letters of the alphabet, even the smallest ones," he marvelled, pointing to his phone screen.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
On social media, fans said the child prodigy was the "greatest nepo baby of all time" as they marvelled at her flawless dance routines.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
Maher, a crochety liberal-leaning comic who has grown more crochety and less liberal as societal norms have passed him by, marvelled at the fact that he could make the commander-in-chief laugh.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2025
With him were Éomer of Rohan, and the Prince Imrahil, and Gandalf robed all in white, and four small figures that many men marvelled to see.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
In another, he toured the inside of an American fire station, marveling at the size of the trucks and the station itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
I’ve returned, spending time with friends, exploring neighborhoods, enjoying the parks and marveling at the lakes that seem to appear around every corner.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
“To have someone like Michael Mayer say, ‘Come play this Russian chess master,’ because there’s something in me that he believed in, that is so cool,” he said, still marveling at his good fortune.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
I’m marveling and not just a little unnerved at her stoic reaction when a strange noise rises from her throat.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Passengers tend to spend the first few minutes of the ride "marvelling, videoing the steering wheel moving on its own, taking selfies", Fischer said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Australian tourist Olivia Martell-Groves went all in for the seasonal experience, and donned a flower-printed kimono while marvelling at the flowers.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
His own style, which is to say his mind, was compulsively metaphorical, gorgeously maximal, enough so to make him worry about “an implicit marvelling at myself as expressor.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Musk has responded to the protests by sharing a video on X - the social media platform he owns - of a Cybertruck customer in Texas marvelling at the vehicle's full self-driving mode.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2025
Mr Charles remembered marvelling at how my father showed not one hint of discomfort or anger, but continued to drive with an expression balanced perfectly between personal dignity and readiness to oblige.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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