shock
Example Sentences
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One mother, who wanted to remain anonymous, said she was "in shock" because Campbell had taken her children swimming.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Kimi K3 could potentially deliver a second, more impactful shock: “We’ve built a whole lot more,” Hou said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Nor was it a shock that in the primary for Los Angeles mayor, progressive incumbent Karen Bass and democratic socialist City Councilmember Nithya Raman finished first and second over Republican reality television star Spencer Pratt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
That was a larger reduction than those seen during the 1973 oil shock, the war between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s, and the Gulf War in the early 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
To Gingersnipes’s shock and delight, he bounded on all fours, leaping, frolicking, plunging into the Afterlife with the joyful abandon of a kit.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
