dumbstruck
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When he learned what had happened on Wednesday, David said he was "dumbstruck" and left work early.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
"Instead of being dumbstruck by the enormity of it, we can actually make progress toward an answer about why we're here in the universe."
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
Everyone was still too dumbstruck by what they had witnessed from Ohtani: perhaps the single greatest individual game ever played.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
“I’m dumbstruck because it’s not that he said anything against Charlie Kirk,” said protester McKensie Lara.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025
The silence was broken, not by Ron, who in any case looked as though he was temporarily dumbstruck, but by a soft tap, tap on the window.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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