aghast
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Cottrill said he had sculpted the 79-year-old Republican leader's "turkey neck" but the crypto backers were aghast and asked for a more flattering, less realistic look.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
Looking back on Musk's cost-cutting efforts, Wiles said that she was against the gutting of the US Agency for International Development, or USAID, saying she was "initially aghast" at the idea.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025
That omission has made her a villain to those aghast as he slashes through funding for vaccines and cancer treatments—including his own cousin, Tatiana Schlossberg, now suffering through terminal cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025
Social media companies were aghast at the announcement of the ban in November 2024.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025
As they had in November 1933, people stood in Central Park and looked skyward, aghast at the blackened sky.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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