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wow

[wou] / waʊ /


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"A tie, wow we didn't know that could happen," exclaimed The Singers' director Sam A Davis.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

“Freeland doesn’t have a wow tool but he does a lot of things well,” Callis said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

"You don't really realize it in the moment and then when you look up you're like, wow, I'm six-under through six -- that's nice."

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

“You’re not going to get caught up in the wow factor,” Bostad said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

I mean, I don’t want to read too much into things, but wow: I meet a cute boy, and five seconds later, I’m in the middle of a flash mob marriage proposal?

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera