surprise
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To my surprise, I received the full allocation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
That decision took even the leaders of Commonwealth Sport by surprise.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Over the next 48 hours, the entire peloton was subjected to surprise tests in one of the largest sweeps in the recent history of the Tour de France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"They're one of the most iconic marine predators in the world, yet they continue to surprise us."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
An anonymous tip to child welfare resulted in a surprise visit to Kate’s apartment the spring of 1888.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
But China’s throttling back of oil imports and its use of hidden reserves to calm global crude prices were also surprises.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
There are few surprises, in either her storytelling or the arrangements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
After delivering unforgettable drama and surprises across 104 matches over almost six weeks, the World Cup is over.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The surprises came from the rock acts brought in to re-imagine the most evocative needle drops from Anderson’s ouvre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
“Be careful. We don’t know what mysteries and surprises lie on this island.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
This is, in part, why I’m surprised at Gen Z’s dismissal of Holden Caulfield as a whiny white rich-kid hypocrite.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Huawei readied a new chip, the Ascend 950, that surprised early testers with its performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Few commodity analysts expected the Iran war to last this long, and some were surprised by the use of the Strait of Hormuz as a bargaining chip.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
So nobody should be surprised by this split.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
He was not surprised to see the pile-up.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
This take is ungenerous but not surprising, given that one of the timeworn accusations against Holden Caulfield is hypocrisy: This guy calls everyone else phony, but he’s just as phony!
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
In another case, an Israeli military official said Iran repaired a bridge that Israel had struck with three bombs within days, surprising Israeli officials and prompting them to question the effectiveness of their targeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
For its 15th anniversary, ‘Drive’ director Nicolas Winding Refn looks back on working with Ryan Gosling, shooting in L.A. and some surprising influences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
One of the most surprising findings was that chimpanzees, despite their reputation for aggression, engaged in close contact, including placing fingers in one another's mouths.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The baby scrambled up the road with surprising speed.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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