shellshocked
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“A few are shellshocked because they spent the majority of their nest-eggs to be here, and don’t know how or where they’ll live,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
A shellshocked Swiatek lost seven games in a row against Bencic, including a rare set to love, with a racquet toss and tears at the end of the match summing up her frustration.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
McIlroy's haunted and shellshocked face in the recorders' area was image of the year.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
Neither, it seems, do OpenAI’s shellshocked employees, investors and business partners, many of whom learned of the move at the same time as the general public.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
All you had to do was maintain a shellshocked expression and handle a variety of contradictory objects.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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