astonish
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Investment in artificial intelligence continues to astonish amid a technological arms race.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
No matter the general state of the project she was in, Smith never failed to illuminate, astonish and entertain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
She is now 95 and widowed, and her positivity and determination continue to astonish.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
For a half-century, the German artist Ursula Schultze-Bluhm made work that could astonish viewers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Samuel said, “Most people don’t read the details. It’s the details that astonish me. And Abel had no children.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Not particularly exhausted either, which always astonishes me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
"Even today, the story of my father and my mother, while giving me much pain, astonishes me still," Blouin said.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
The architectural wonder of writer-director Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar immigrant epic “The Brutalist” astonishes onscreen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
“I’d like to do something with them like the canvases of the sunflowers because it astonishes me that no one has done them as I see them.”
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
Even now, a fact as ordinary, as obvious, as this astonishes him.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Debotte told the astonished Goddard she not only knew who was responsible for hitting the 56-year-old as he cycled home from work, but she witnessed what happened from the passenger seat.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Today I am astonished at the extraordinary skill of the Major League players—at the gold-glove fielding, the 100-mile-an-hour pitching, the power hitting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
He gave plate umpire Roberto Ortiz an astonished look and walked to the dugout shaking his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The result astonished him and many observers of Kenyan politics – by the time the registration period ended, 2.6 million new voters across the country had signed up.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Rondon informed him about their trip down the River of Doubt, and when he introduced the man to Roosevelt, Marques was astonished.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
Nestled in a light-flooded corner of the home with retractable glass walls that let in fresh air, the primary suite is truly astonishing.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
This fossil-rich region has preserved an astonishing variety of prehistoric marine animals, providing scientists with an unusually detailed picture of an ancient ocean ecosystem.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
She also converted to give Fiji an astonishing 8-0 lead.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
That is difficult to do: Kirkland churns through partners at an astonishing rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
The cameras were fed by 12,000 feet of film, an astonishing quantity made possible by a thin Mylar strip specially manufactured by Eastman Kodak.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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