shock
Example Sentences
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“My reaction was shock, disbelief, anger, embarrassment,” Julio Varela, 54, said in an interview Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
American households have been hit by years of price increases, and the energy price shock this year sent inflation to a three-year high.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
AI companies announced hundreds of billions of dollars in investments after the DeepSeek shock, reassuring markets that the AI revolution was real.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Instead, with six minutes remaining, Helmut Rahn scored a shock winner in a victory that would become known as The Miracle of Bern.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
But the shock of it all held me back.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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