staggering
Example Sentences
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The data from wells told the story: In one, water levels dropped a staggering 242 feet since the early 1980s.
From Los Angeles Times
England ended an 18-match winless streak in Australia and avoided an Ashes clean sweep in a staggering and absurd two-day Test in Melbourne.
From BBC
“What we see in Minnesota is not a handful of bad actors committing crimes. It’s a staggering industrial-scale fraud,” Assistant U.S.
Nevertheless, the agency’s courthouse policy was reversed again earlier this year, leading to a surge in arrests, and a staggering drop in court appearances, court records show.
From Los Angeles Times
But the staggering descriptions of Old World forests and the incredible human effort required to destroy them linger long after the saga concludes.
From Los Angeles Times
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