sensation
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Until very recently, so did the British architect Ben Pentreath, who with his husband, plantsman Charlie McCormick, transformed a parsonage garden in the Bride Valley into an Instagram sensation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
“Charlie’s Angels” quickly became a sensation after its September 1976 premiere, turning Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith into major stars.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
In 2023, a male zebra became a global sensation after escaping from a zoo in Seoul and was seen roaming through the streets.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Moo Deng - whose name roughly translates to "bouncy pig" - became an internet sensation in 2024 shortly after her birth that July.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
“It was a sickening sensation to feel the decks breaking up under one’s feet, the great beams bending and then snapping with a noise like heavy gun-fire,” he wrote later in his diary.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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