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awe

[aw] / Ι” /




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I’m still in awe when I think about D-Mile being on two records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Winfrey, in a video announcement, described the show as “an immersive symphony of awe, wonder and joy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Chargers star Justin Herbert shares an apartment with his older brother, Mitch, an orthopedic surgery resident who is in awe at what Justin has accomplished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Dave Sexton said: "I'm in awe of this bird!"

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

High John led us to the foot of the large sycamore tree, and once again I stood in awe of its massive size.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The keyboard introduction to What Was I Made For?, taken from the recent soundtrack to the Barbie movie, draws gasps and "awes" from around the field.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2023

While Churchill awes spectators with its size and scope, on par with the world’s monumental stadiums, Keeneland, opened in 1936, guards its idyllic appeal.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2021

She keeps on killing—at cocktail parties and dive bars, even at a Washington Square rally, where she awes Jane Jacobs with a speech about how women “accessorize” the world, as a multiethnic crowd cheers.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 11, 2018

Allen's move drew a few awes from the press box - it was slick. 

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2014

And godless though I am, the fact of being human, the fact of possessing the gift of study, and thus being remarkable among all the matter floating through the cosmos, still awes me.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The total eclipse plunged a vast swathe of Spain from broad daylight into darkness Wednesday, drawing awed gasps and applause from spectators gathered in parks and cities across the country.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

"You've got to be awed by it all, which I never cease to be."

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

But credit Neill for both understanding the assignment and not quite settling for those awed stares of Spielbergian wonder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Some might find it humanizing—proof that below the bloviating gestalt, the president can become awed by existential futility.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

Pong stared at his friend, awed by how much his life had changed.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

He has a unique capacity for memorizing data that he frequently recites, awing listeners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

Doing the things only she can do, awing her peers while trying to silence her inner critic in the process.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2021

In one space as awing as any I saw on my underground weekend, the 14 of us walked into a veritable canyon, with a natural vaulted ceiling.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2019

The idea is to terrify the enemy: the effect will be to petrify ourselves, shocking and awing us into understanding the full implications of no deal.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2019

Your services in the lower part of South Carolina, in awing the Tories and preventing the enemy from extending their limits, have been very important.

From The Life of Francis Marion by William Gilmore Simms




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