surprise
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And his treatment of certain players, too, has caused surprise from within the playing staff.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Speaking at a Brussels summit Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Starlink services were still being restored, describing the disruption as "a very unpleasant and dangerous surprise".
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
That is a first thing that will surprise history when it studies this time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
A sharp selloff in shares of companies closely tied to the AI trade is driving investors toward safety, sparking a rotation into defensive stocks and fueling a surprise rally in hard-hit Treasury notes and bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Elliot asked, and I glanced over at him in surprise.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“It started with this idea of, how can you continue to address the issues and add an element that surprises the audience,” Robert said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
And now, two inflation surprises that failed to restart the selloff.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
And what a delight it is that this world still holds some surprises for us.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Subsequent research has uncovered additional genetic code variations in related microorganisms, suggesting that many more surprises could be waiting in the microscopic world.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The full scale of World War II still surprises people today.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
“A lot of people from the Woolsey fire got up, and I think they surprised themselves with how emotional they still got,” Caleb said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Sarah Cooper-Lesadd, who defected to Plaid Cymru last month, also said she was "not surprised" by recent allegations of sexism and misogyny within the party, claiming she had personal experience of such behaviour.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Debbie Almontaser, a longtime Muslim community organizer who helped elect Mamdani, wasn’t surprised by the confrontation.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
"I would be very surprised if we got less than 40 percent," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Duke and Duchess "woke up," as "surprised" as the others.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
Scientists at Lund University have discovered that these competing demands come with a surprising trade-off.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
It’s shocking but not surprising that the overentitlement dynamic, which I call misogyny, takes over.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
But, as the author shows, there are surprising nuggets of truth even in such hackneyed ideas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The robots carried out some tasks — such as mopping, vacuuming, wiping and dusting — with surprising skill.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
But what was even more surprising was finding Special Agent Gonzales waiting for us outside of the Sacred Heart Church the next morning.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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