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For now, Chambliss is content piling up plays that astound football fans across the country—except for those who know him best.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

Train punctuality in Germany is appalling - worse than in the UK, which will astound weary British commuters.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025

That would be the goal, of course, but the best viral content bubbles up unpolished from the ether, slightly awkward and just novel enough to astound.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

And many of these events occurred relatively recently, showing that the field of physics continues to astound us.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023

You may try the recipe and astound your hosts.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

Having seen “The Drama” in theaters twice, what astounds me is witnessing the audience’s open-mindedness.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

He added that "the power with which nature comes back astounds biologists", stressing how "extraordinarily resilient" animals, fish, sea life and plants are "if you just stop doing bad things to them."

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025

So fast to learn, Cormie’s memory also regularly astounds her, Colvin said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

“It still astounds me as to how glacial the pace has been” to tackle the problem, said Dr. Ryan Hoy, who leads an occupational respiratory disease clinic at Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

That his life has been so wholly redirected astounds him.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

"We were astounded and overjoyed, actually," Haigwood said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

Who wouldn’t be astounded by such fruits of the imagination?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

“Ten men in front of goal, aim for a nil-nil draw. That’s going to make the first round low quality. Fans are going to be astounded by how poor the soccer is.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Netto says they had no idea how many leads they would get and were astounded by the good results.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

I was nonplussed, and I blurted out that I was astounded that he could not see himself how damnably false this story was.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

This astounding dilemma is brought to you by the Angels, and their combination of a consistent focus on affordability and a consistently bad team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Little-Pengelly said she finds it "astounding that people haven't been talking about that for the last 20 years".

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

From October 2024 through January 2025, as bitcoin lofted past $100,000, investors poured an astounding $20.7 billion into this group of ETFs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

OCI has an astounding $553 billion backlog as of three months ago, over half of which is a single multiyear contract with OpenAI.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

One, a brown bullhead, had the astounding concentration of 2500 parts per million.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson