astound

A Banksy work does not astound with technique or formal innovation, nor is it meant to.

That would be the goal, of course, but the best viral content bubbles up unpolished from the ether, slightly awkward and just novel enough to astound.

Haaland's scoring exploits continue to astound.

“But you will amaze and astound your audience,” says Emily.

And many of these events occurred relatively recently, showing that the field of physics continues to astound us.