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awe

[aw] / ɔ /




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If “to toss and mangle these poor human bodies was the . . . law of Nature,” Thoreau asks us, “why waste any time in awe or pity?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

One of them said, with awe, they’d even spotted a member of Congress recently.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

"First and foremost, we want her to know - and in years to come to see that we've told the world how brilliant she is and how utterly in awe we are of her."

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Visitors departed the exhibition with a sense of awe at American industrial progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Anya watched with awe as Mama wordlessly followed the magistrate to the riverbank.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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