astonishing
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Adam Peaty puts on an "astonishing" performance in the men's 100m breaststroke final, with a time of 58.97 seconds at the Acquatics Great British Swimming Championships.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
She had an astonishing ear,” is just one story out of many Beta relays in this book.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
It’s also easy to think that Sandisk’s astonishing rally will also run out of steam soon—but it keeps defying that logic to look increasingly unstoppable.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
This is an astonishing work of naturalism in the spirit of Zola’s “L’Assommoir.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
How amazing, astonishing it is that we have this technology, this link—all the hundreds of miles between us, field and forest and river and sea, all the guards and guns, bypassed in an eye blink.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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