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The first time I read it, I made an involuntary sound of shock that made a friend demand to know what was wrong.
The mind-boggling end of Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise, explained | Constance Grady | November 20, 2020 | Vox“It was a bit of a shock back then,” Jensen said when news broke that Bjerg had been signed, though mostly because he was one of the first players to be signed to a North American team from abroad.
Electrocoagulation is a process that shocks pathogens out of water using small amounts of electricity, which separates gross stuff from the pure water molecule.
Two Companies See a Golden Opportunity in the Tijuana River’s Brown Waters | MacKenzie Elmer | November 20, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
The brutal, live-wire uncertainty of the pandemic’s first wave was a shock, but it spurred millions to adopt restrictions, driven by a sense of solidarity and fear.
Restaurants and the People Who Work in Them Need a Bailout. Let’s Finally Give Them One. | Meghan McCarron | November 19, 2020 | EaterIts power to absorb the shock of storms, prevent flooding, and trap salt is unmatched.
More recently, Boko Haram shocked the world by kidnapping 276 female students and threatened to traffic them.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism | Louise I. Shelley | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The lies of the government shocked us,” says Fatima, as the tears flow slowly from her eyes and down her cheek.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda | Ruth Michaelson | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFirst, though, he has to be shocked into recognizing the barren waste of his spiritual life – by spirits.
The execution of two police officers in cold blood has shocked the city and driven a deeper wedge between the cops and the mayor.
I was shocked to find out from Chief Timothy Longo that Canevari had given me the wrong information.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything | Liz Seccuro | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA Lowell factory-girl would consider this entirely out of character, and a New-York milliner would be shocked at the idea of it.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyShe didn't move for a minute, and the shocked, stricken look in her eyes grew more intense.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair"And she would sacrifice Him and all his archangels to an epigram," thought Isabel, who was somewhat shocked.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonI fear she was often shocked at our easy Saxon ways, though Tom and I thought ourselves models of thrift.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe dear old creature p. 42was really shocked at our backsliding; but she nursed Tom very tenderly all the same.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
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