astonishing

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Markets have absorbed an astonishing amount of headline risk since the war with Iran began in February, and staged one of the strongest equity recoveries on record.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Returning to New York, Rollins continued what the Guardian would later call “an astonishing creative breakout,” recording 10 albums in 1956 alone, most of them under his own name.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Silva has been one of Guardiola's pivotal players, featuring in more games - an astonishing 460 - for the Spaniard than any other player during his career.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

The particle carried an astonishing energy of around 220 PeV, more than ten times greater than previously detected high energy neutrinos, and researchers still do not know exactly where it came from.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

In 1986, in an astonishing experiment, Nüsslein-Volhard’s students learned to prick a normal fly embryo with a minuscule needle, withdraw a droplet of liquid from its head, and transplant it into the headless mutants.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee