startling

When the asteroid data is plotted on a graph of the rotation period versus diameter, something startling stands out - there's a gap, or dividing line that appears to split two distinct populations.

One nearby resident, Mark Rogers, told the Los Angeles Times that the blast was startling for people nearby.

The lawyers’ request for the $50,000 bond came in a Washington federal court filing, and it’s a startling example of “pay-to-play” justice.

It's a startling admission - a year after winning a record six Brit Awards in a single night, Raye still worries about the precarious nature of success.

And in Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling contemporary epic “One Battle After Another,” it’s startling just how comforting a cinematic hand on the shoulder can be.