surprise
Example Sentences
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Surprise — much less pleasant surprise — is a rare sensation these days.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
Sasaki is scheduled to make a Cactus League start Tuesday night against the Kansas City Royals at Surprise Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
It was arguably not his acting that first propelled him to global celebrity, but his 1985 marriage to pop star Madonna, with whom he co-starred in the universally-panned 1986 mega-flop "Shanghai Surprise."
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Surprise package: This is the only city to have preferred Soda Pop by Kpop Demon Hunters' Saja Boys to Golden by their rivals Huntr/x, judging by their YouTube play counts.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
“We’ve already run through the whole section. Surprise, surprise—no exits.”
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
Vocabulary lists containing surprise
Emotions on Display
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 6
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 1–3
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