shocked
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Appeared in the December 24, 2025, print edition as 'The Sudden Breakup That’s Shocked All of Tennis'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Shocked quartz has long been recognized as a sign of extreme heat and pressure from cosmic impacts.
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2025
Shocked to find out that his sister had broken her marriage vows, Thomson shifts his loyalty to Vic.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025
Shocked though he was, Walz championed the importance of looking across the aisle and seeing our neighbors not as enemies but as friends.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2024
Shocked participants made out an empty chair crossing the room, “winding its way among the people … without touching them.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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