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Investment in artificial intelligence continues to astonish amid a technological arms race.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

No matter the general state of the project she was in, Smith never failed to illuminate, astonish and entertain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024

In her first address of the 2022 commencement season, Biden told the more than 1,000 graduates that “you astonish me with your grit and your determination and that is why I love teaching community college.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2022

In a fierce and delicate performance, Mare Winningham will astonish you.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2021

It used to astonish us that everyone here has so many children: six or eight or nine.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Throughout Mr. Stob’s narrative, their success astonishes onlookers and converts skeptics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

"Even today, the story of my father and my mother, while giving me much pain, astonishes me still," Blouin said.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

“It astonishes me that no American male singer sings with a full voice anymore. Where have all the tenors gone?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022

In one of the performances of the year, Will Keen, as the Russian leader, astonishes throughout, bringing his character to agitated, unpredictable life.

From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2022

Knowing that they'll grow older as time passes, they'll become old the way Gramps was, with gray hair and a tremble in his step, so much love still in their hearts—this astonishes me.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour

Some experts were astonished by the price tag.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Meyers proceeds to tell an astonished Ed that he’s a huge fan of his long-forgotten 1979 poetry collection entitled “Way Past Go,” the postal worker’s fleeting brush with literary success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

FIFA’s insistence that the judiciary body that made the decision was independent did nothing to assuage Belgium’s soccer federation, which said it was astonished by the move.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

They issued a statement on Sunday saying they were "astonished" that Balogun had been cleared to play.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

If the roof of the house had suddenly flown off, the old gentleman wouldn’t have been more astonished.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

"Believe you me, that time of 1:53.28 is astonishing," Jenny Meadows, former British runner and coach to Hodgkinson, told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Everything I do these days I want to do with an excellent script, and you can play from there — and this was an astonishing script,” Root says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

The What’s Resonating newsletter laid out the astonishing levels of media coordination on the day of the committee hearing:

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

The rhythmic clanging of hammers on bronze echoes through the Istanbul workshop where three craftsmen are landing blows with astonishing precision to transform featureless metal discs into highly prized handcrafted cymbals.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

There could be no end to the questions, but the sketch outlines of answers were beginning to appear, and they were astonishing.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor