staggering
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Instead, 43-year-old tech scion David Ellison — with help from his billionaire father, Oracle software co-founder Larry Ellison — scooped up the prize for a staggering $111 billion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
Between 2022 and 2024, a staggering 84% of remote workers spent their entire workday operating completely alone, compared to just 23.2% of on-site workers, the paper noted.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 27, 2026
Child sexual abuse campaigners have criticised disgraced ex-BBC News presenter Huw Edwards for his "inappropriate and disrespectful" choice to launch a blog, with one calling it a "staggering lack of awareness".
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
And traders were once again getting nervous that the staggering momentum of the AI investing boom couldn’t last.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
We marched for hours upon hours each day, stumbling and staggering along as best we could.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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