startling

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You could call this a startling reversal, given that Labour won an enormous parliamentary majority in the British general election less than two years ago.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Meanwhile, AI chatbots have improved at a startling pace in both the accuracy and relevance of their answers to an astonishing range of questions.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Recent years have seen a startling rebound of a disease that has been considered officially eliminated in the U.S. for a quarter-century.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The battlefield in Ukraine could soon feature more robot than human soldiers - that is the startling claim made by a Ukrainian-British military start-up.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Finally he blurts out, startling me, “The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything...”

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson