pleasantly surprised
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“We wanted customers to be pleasantly surprised that they could walk into a restaurant that looked like that yet be able to afford to eat there,” said McCormack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
I think they didn’t quite know what they were getting into and were pleasantly surprised.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Maxime Novikov, a 43-year-old historian on the tour, said he was "pleasantly surprised that part of the new museum is dedicated to Russian territories that were under Nazi occupation."
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Outside, supporters like Firat Aksal – a fellow comedian – were very pleasantly surprised by the verdict.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
After one typically torturous evening in early 1953, Khrushchev spent a quiet Sunday with his family at his own dacha, pleasantly surprised not to have heard from Stalin all day.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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