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Investment in artificial intelligence continues to astonish amid a technological arms race.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

Maggie Smith never failed to illuminate and astonish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024

She is now 95 and widowed, and her positivity and determination continue to astonish.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

For a half-century, the German artist Ursula Schultze-Bluhm made work that could astonish viewers.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

Their presence in Africa would astonish us, if the presence of Indonesian people on Madagascar had not already alerted us to Africa’s prehistoric Asian connection.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Not particularly exhausted either, which always astonishes me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

What always astonishes me about your letters is their length My God, their length!

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025

"Even today, the story of my father and my mother, while giving me much pain, astonishes me still," Blouin said.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

What astonishes here is the ease with which he emotionally opens himself up to Juliet, only to realize too late that the options available to this couple are running out.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

Knowing that they'll grow older as time passes, they'll become old the way Gramps was, with gray hair and a tremble in his step, so much love still in their hearts—this astonishes me.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour

The result astonished him and many observers of Kenyan politics – by the time the registration period ended, 2.6 million new voters across the country had signed up.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Dudamel opened with a Latinized version of Strauss’ “Tritsch-Tratsch Polka,” with which he once astonished the Viennese at their traditional New Year’s concert, and repeated Romero’s “Fuga.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Fedorova's employers said they were astonished to learn of the expulsion order, which they said amounted to "a particularly serious infringement of freedom of expression".

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

He said in a statement that he had been "astonished that such an important story had largely faded from public memory".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Thick-skinned banana clumps, pungent sprays of jasmine, black-seeded papayas, and delicate pods of vanilla all astonished her.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

It is paying interest to this day: “It is astonishing to think of the wars, revolutions, religious revolt, pandemics and other disasters this bond has survived,” the author marvels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In its finest moments, the box set captures the astonishing level of musical development that will energize the remainder of The Beatles’ career, a period of unparalleled pop-cultural ambition and stylistic experimentation.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Daily Mirror splashes on a "war of words" and "Earl's astonishing claims" after excerpts were released.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The L.A. aqueduct, an astonishing feat of engineering, brought hundreds of millions of gallons a day down more than 200 miles from the Owens Valley into the San Fernando Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The outer skin was tough—Mal spat hers out—but biting through to the flesh of it was astonishing.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell