stun
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Sterling Nasa proceeded to stun composer-conductor Justin Hurwitz and the 2,000-person audience with his flawless, impromptu performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
They erased a 14-point second-half deficit to stun the Spurs in San Antonio in game one of the Finals.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
One dog that didn’t bark at the conference, and continues to stun by its silence, is that of a wealth or asset tax.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
Cyanide fishing has historically been used in parts of Southeast Asia to stun or kill fish, often for the live reef trade.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
At stun setting a sonic gun can locate its resonance-field only within a hundred feet or so.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
St. Mary’s stuns UCLA, the nation’s No. 1 seed, with a 3-2 win to open the LA Regional.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Over and over again, he seduces us with color, engages us with delectable subject matter, and then stuns us with his overwhelming pictorial intelligence and inventiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Saylor has been unflaggingly bullish, even as Bitcoin’s decline stuns investors.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
REPORT: Anisimova stuns Sabalenka to reach Wimbledon finalAvailable to UK users only.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
The level of hate I see in his eyes stuns me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The shark made a few circles, leaving fishermen on the pier stunned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The Taxpayers' Alliance think tank said the public would be "stunned" at the cost and called for the government to urgently review the scheme.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
So when McVay pulled Jimmy Lake aside and told him that the Rams were trading for McDuffie, Lake said he was nearly stunned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The crowd in the Big House was stunned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
He lay there for a moment, stunned but not hurt.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
In a stunning weekend essay, Dario Amodei echoed many of the AI doomsday warnings that sparked panic this past week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
With his stunning start to the season, no one player at USC — and perhaps in all the nation — had manufactured more hope through two games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Both fighters were moving quickly and intensely trading punches from the start until Garcia landed his stunning blow.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
At Everton, it was his size that allowed him to convert a close-range header that looked set to give United victory but ultimately didn't, because of Ainsley Maitland-Niles' stunning late strike.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
He could almost see himself leading a squadron of bats into battle, stunning the rats, saving the Underland from—“Ge-go, I pee!” announced Boots.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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