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It is no surprise that O'Neil is also seeking greater cutting edge given that no Ipswich player scored more than 10 non-penalty goals in the Championship last season.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

So it’s no surprise that the movement is responding to their current stress with fantasies about bringing back the glory days.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

CPI data Wednesday will be closely watched after Friday’s surprise fall in nonfarm payrolls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Unlike the Saturday evening shocker that occurred when the Lakers acquired Luka Doncic, it was no Saturday night surprise to learn the Dodgers traded for Tarik Skubal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

He turned to look at me, as he always did when answering a question, but to my surprise he said nothing.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The war has already been marked by surprises.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

In the past year, six members of Congress have died in office, and while a couple were surprises, most of them had health issues they minimized or ignored until it was too late.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

There will be surprises ahead, but at this remove it's hard to argue against the familiar sight of old rivals going head-to-head for the title.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

They see several positives ahead: a material acceleration in earnings in 2027; potential gridlock for midterm elections easing investor worries about healthcare and drug-policy uncertainty; and possible upside surprises from AI productivity improvements.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

The men knew the direction they were heading—due north—but the river and the surrounding rain forest could still hold plenty of surprises.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

When I visited Piker’s Twitch profile on election night, I wasn’t surprised to find him broadcasting live from El-Sayed’s reception.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

“At the very beginning, I remember I was so surprised that there were other people who thought that I might be able to do something else other than Scully.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Daniel Smith, the Scottish government's space envoy, and the founder of AstroAgency, said he was not surprised by the delay.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Honeywell Aerospace surprised Wall Street by cutting its outlook late Wednesday, saying its mechanical-parts supply chain had been slower to improve.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Turning, I’m surprised to see Derek, the kid who works maintenance at the pool.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

"But there's also a surprising amount of heart – of the warm, still-beating kind – as it lingers on the faces of its fallen," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

“When an AI, trained via the trial-and-error process of reinforcement learning, discovers actions that are new, surprising and secretly brilliant,” AI researcher Andrej Karpathy once wrote, “even to expert humans.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

So a pinch of surprising depth proves to be the most unwieldy move when Roth unveils a resonantly nasty surprise for his story’s endgame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

"To have such a big black hole outside of a galaxy is surprising to me," he said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

“All right, just for a few minutes,” Mamá says, surprising me with her answer.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar