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be flabbergasted



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The movie’s narrative turns are so self-contained that you could know every beat of the film and still be flabbergasted by how it all unfolds.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Spitz recalled a Beatles-era film clip of Lennon telling an interviewer that he’d be flabbergasted if it lasted more than 10 years.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2022

“She would be flabbergasted when she would receive a letter in the mail,” he said.

From Fox News ● Jul. 30, 2020

For now, I’d be flabbergasted if his boldest claim were correct, and yawns are truly not contagious.

From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2017

But I saw good enough to be flabbergasted.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns


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