shockingly
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About the only thing that might stop the Fed would be a shockingly small increase — or no increase at all — in the October CPI.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Such flat, enervating filmmaking makes the whole endeavor a shockingly cynical affair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
In the new report, MPs highlighted a "shockingly low availability" of submarines and said there was a temporary loss in ability to operate them beneath Arctic ice.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya plays Misty’s brother, in perhaps the film’s most shockingly shoddy subplot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
She’s on Mountainside Drive and suddenly, shockingly, she grasps problem number two.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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