shocking
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It is shocking to read here of the coarsening and corrupting effect of such spectacles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“For a program that’s been around since 2013, it was shocking that you’d come across its cancellation, effectively, in the corner of the bowels of a subpage of the internet.”
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
"It's pretty shocking," Dodemont said from her restaurant in Eupen.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Patterson and editor Patrick J. Smith interweave scenes of intrigue and shocking violence, take liberties with Amziah’s storytelling asides and give us barn-burning musical sequences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The shocking part was what he was wearing—athletic shorts, flip-flops, and a faded Brent Chisholm concert T-shirt.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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