surprise
Example Sentences
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Jakarta also gained as the rupiah strengthened following a surprise rate hike by the Indonesian central bank.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
"It would not surprise me at all if China gets there first," Dr Simeon Barber, a lunar scientist at the Open University, told BBC News.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The program itself was a potpourri of surprise, given what some of the players came up with.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Some of them squawked about the slush fund in ways that took me by surprise.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
I hadn’t done Stray Cat prep, since his appearance was a surprise.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vocabulary lists containing surprise
Emotions on Display
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 6
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 1–3
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