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Only those shock waves would produce neutrinos and fast radio bursts at the same time, Metzger says.

Shortly after his own win, Carlsson shocked his children by getting his forearm inked with the words “World Champion” spiraling around a ladle.

From Eater

“I can’t say as it comes as a huge shock to me,” Miyoshi said when told of the EEOC findings.

I’m shocked and I don’t really have anything to say about that.

Growth stocks, meanwhile, tend to do well when there’s a big shock, such as a pandemic.

From Fortune

Citizens were watching in shock from above on the subway station.

But fans still feel the death was a last-minute decision made for shock value rather than to serve the story.

Shock at what the government considers dangerous and high risk could be read across social media.

She lost control of her bladder as she crouched in a corner, shaking, and unable to move her body due to the shock.

Some were silent from shock, others giddy and smiling as they boarded the U.S. Air Force C-130s.

Like an electric shock, the well-known chords of the Tragala aroused his hearers—every one crowded round the singer.

The violent shock dazed Malcolm for a second, but all might yet have been well were it not for an unavoidable accident.

She was a woman of too much natural and acquired poise to remain askew under any shock.

He feared to shock her by the sudden mention of the Senora's death; yet that would harm her less than continued anxiety.

Were he a young man, they could save him by cutting off his leg high up, but as it is he would not stand the shock.

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On this page you'll find 208 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shock, such as: awe, bump, collapse, confusion, consternation, and disturbance.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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