astound
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That she and Paulson are a couple, never mind a Hollywood “It” couple, continues to astound her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
For now, Chambliss is content piling up plays that astound football fans across the country—except for those who know him best.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
Train punctuality in Germany is appalling - worse than in the UK, which will astound weary British commuters.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025
And many of these events occurred relatively recently, showing that the field of physics continues to astound us.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023
Chicago would rebuild itself in a way that would astound the country and the world.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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Having seen “The Drama” in theaters twice, what astounds me is witnessing the audience’s open-mindedness.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
He added that "the power with which nature comes back astounds biologists", stressing how "extraordinarily resilient" animals, fish, sea life and plants are "if you just stop doing bad things to them."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
What astounds me is that each month or so a manufacturer unveils a newer model that fixes tiny bugs that might have been present with an earlier model.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
It astounds me that a major municipal paper does not even carry their home team’s results.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2023
The stamper is a brazen touch, but it's Karl who astounds Helmuth and Rudi with the risks he takes.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Bernadette said she was "absolutely astounded" to find out the cost of paying for their water, as it used to be just a "little add-on" to their monthly bills.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Steve Gutshall of Murrells Inlet, was left astounded by Graham’s debate performance and felt that plenty of others were too.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
"We were astounded and overjoyed, actually," Haigwood said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Vibe’s cargo space astounded us at times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Some time ago William had arrived, offered his usual courteous greetings to the women, and then, instead of taking his place by the fireside, had astounded her by knocking boldly on the company room door.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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With hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped into the ecosystem at once, and ad-makers earning astounding sums of cash for their quick work, you’re going to get a lot of slop.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
AEW, likewise, has seen an astounding number of early deaths in its seven years of existence.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
The numbers involved in AI are truly astounding.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Fulton lured 40 friends and relatives on board and chugged all the way to Albany and back, covering 300 miles in 62 hours—an astounding pace of nearly 5 miles an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
And now we have a paper chain 378 miles long—an astounding achievement for any town.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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Vocabulary lists containing astound
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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