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Investment in artificial intelligence continues to astonish amid a technological arms race.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

No matter the general state of the project she was in, Smith never failed to illuminate, astonish and entertain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024

In her first address of the 2022 commencement season, Biden told the more than 1,000 graduates that “you astonish me with your grit and your determination and that is why I love teaching community college.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2022

It makes fans believe in the human capacity to astonish and inspire.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2021

It used to astonish us that everyone here has so many children: six or eight or nine.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Throughout Mr. Stob’s narrative, their success astonishes onlookers and converts skeptics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

What always astonishes me about your letters is their length My God, their length!

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025

"Even today, the story of my father and my mother, while giving me much pain, astonishes me still," Blouin said.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

The architectural wonder of writer-director Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar immigrant epic “The Brutalist” astonishes onscreen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024

The bridge is beautiful at night, but it’s the city skyline that astonishes me every time I see it.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

The result astonished him and many observers of Kenyan politics – by the time the registration period ended, 2.6 million new voters across the country had signed up.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

At least one of Tomlin’s former players is astonished that he was able to construct a sprawling “Minecraft” community in the limited spare time enjoyed by an NFL head coach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Isaiah Berlin called Alexander Herzen “a Russian Voltaire,” who astonished his 19th- century audiences with a “prodigal opulence of intellect.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Dudamel opened with a Latinized version of Strauss’ “Tritsch-Tratsch Polka,” with which he once astonished the Viennese at their traditional New Year’s concert, and repeated Romero’s “Fuga.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The other woman put a sailor cap on Klaus, who gazed in one of the mirrors, astonished at how ugly he looked.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

The effect is astonishing; it is also unsettling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Like other nations Thailand has experienced first hand the astonishing boom in sales of Chinese electric vehicles.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

After more than two centuries of astonishing American growth, this mostly forgotten act completed the nation’s current borders.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

The only consolation for Sirianni might be that it wasn’t even the most astonishing ending on Sunday afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

“I had thought, knowing Miss Bowen had an opponent lurking somewhere, that whomever you might be, you were not in need of any assistance. The paper animals are astonishing, for example.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern