astound
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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
But because of the breadth of her catalog, the presentation here could still astound you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 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
Other girls proudly wrote out their exacting routines of work and study to astound their loving parents.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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
What astounds me is that each month or so a manufacturer unveils a newer model that fixes tiny bugs that might have been present with an earlier model.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
It astounds me that a major municipal paper does not even carry their home team’s results.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2023
Most of them are a good decade younger than me, and this astounds me.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
“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
Mississippi has astounded the nation, but the pressure is on to take the next step.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Get ready to be astounded by how technology pushes forward in 75 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
I am sometimes astounded by people’s lack of empathy.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
I remember being astounded by the quietness, the ease, the peace, the taste.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
From the beginning of 2025 through this March, “derivative income” funds, which include these options-driven strategies, have taken in an astounding $71 billion of new money, according to Morningstar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Sandisk has soared an astounding 3,218% over the last 12 months as its solid-state drives, or eSSDs, have become a crucial component in artificial-intelligence data centers.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
The astounding discovery that could link Eastern and Western medicine.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
"I spent last night reading it. I didn't get much sleep because of the content within it. It is absolutely astounding," he told Good Morning Ulster.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
He steered himself with a certainty I found astounding.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing astound
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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