stun
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An AFP photographer saw law enforcement use stun grenades to try disperse the crowds near Madison Square Garden.
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
Former Metropolitan police officer Michael Fanone, who suffered a heart attack on Jan. 6, 2021 after being shot with a stun gun by a rioter, felt betrayed by the DOJ’s reversal.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026
The barrier would combine a system of locks with an electric shield to stun and repel the fish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 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
What stuns me is the horror I felt upon reading this news—the embarrassment, the shame of having felt so superior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
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
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
Yet that is exactly what Mawhinney did, leaving Mel B, Sofía Vergara and Howie Mandel stunned before revealing that every item had somehow survived.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The Louvre burglary stunned the world and revealed major security lapses at the world's most visited museum, visited by around nine million people annually.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
A stunned Emma wonders who could have betrayed her so intimately, and why.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
But the emergence of Atlas stunned many Hyundai workers and union officials in South Korea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Mr. Diamant slumped down in his chair, too stunned to smoke, and I had a great bleeding wound somewhere deep inside my chest.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Stars Mookie Betts and Enrique Hernandez notably skipped the ceremony in the Rose Garden, nearly nine months on from their stunning 2025 game-seven victory against the Toronto Blue Jays.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The number of independent shops opened in the last decade marks a stunning turnaround from the early Amazon years, when the online bookseller put an estimated 43% of stores out of business.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Barton let him in on a less popular trip that involved a great swimming hole, fish tacos at Whoa Nellie Deli, an adventure around Mono Lake and a drive through a stunning mountain pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Striker Wilson Isidor's journey ended at the group stage with Haiti but he will always have that stunning goal against Morocco to look back on.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
It had been a stunning success—despite the snow-choked streets.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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