astonishing
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At the start of the 20th century, Southern California was home to an astonishing number of military academies designed to turn boys into officers and gentlemen.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
That gives Continental defense contractors a ringside seat to the astonishing innovation that has enabled Ukraine to survive.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Officers trooped out of the building with crates of potential evidence; arguably an even more astonishing sight than the tent outside the house near Glasgow.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs have produced four games of astonishing runs, scintillating comebacks, and extraterrestrial alley-oops.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
This is an astonishing development, especially given that as recently as the mid-1970s, the most well-respected criminologists were predicting that the prison system would soon fade away.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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