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stun

[stuhn] / stʌn /


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And on Friday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told France 2 television that officers could use stun grenades in case of "extremely serious urban violence".

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

By now you may have forgotten the actually fun thing that happened at the University of Texas at Austin Saturday: The football Longhorns charging back from a 23-3 fourth-quarter deficit to stun then-No.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The security forces used tear gas and stun grenades.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Sterling Nasa proceeded to stun composer-conductor Justin Hurwitz and the 2,000-person audience with his flawless, impromptu performance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Then they stun themselves against clear windowpanes and die, fatly baffled in the sun.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

She always stuns on the red carpet with who she is sort of making fun of.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Over and over again, he seduces us with color, engages us with delectable subject matter, and then stuns us with his overwhelming pictorial intelligence and inventiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

Saylor has been unflaggingly bullish, even as Bitcoin’s decline stuns investors.

From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025

REPORT: Anisimova stuns Sabalenka to reach Wimbledon finalAvailable to UK users only.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025

It’s like he’s read my mind, and it stuns me.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

But some in the room were stunned to discover that the U.S. government was preparing to do business with Betancourt, the people familiar with the meeting said.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Contacted by The Times on Thursday, Niemi seemed stunned that David was spared from prosecution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Kevin Cole, chief executive of Mid Oregon Credit Union, was stunned when he got the company’s new healthcare cost projection: Mid Oregon was expected to spend 38% more on coverage in 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen described it as a "Sputnik moment", referencing the 1957 launch of Earth's first artificial satellite by the Soviet Union that stunned the Western world.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Jack noticed Phillip staring at him with a stunned look, and it occurred to Jack that neither he nor May had ever really explained to the prince who May’s grandmother actually was.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

The images are stunning when they want to be but enjoy being aggravating, too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Perhaps it was Nixon’s stunning and decisive primary win in August that made a progressive Black woman the face of the Democratic Party’s political fortunes in Florida.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

He added that Anglesey fitted the brief: "It can be absolutely stunning but has a foreboding quality."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Our critic praised it as “a quietly stunning, intimate show.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Then he told us that the next day would be the stunning climax of the Wrestling and Volleyball Units.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt


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