shocked
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"Shocked by what's happened today," Verstappen wrote on social media.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Appeared in the December 24, 2025, print edition as 'The Sudden Breakup That’s Shocked All of Tennis'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Shocked quartz has long been recognized as a sign of extreme heat and pressure from cosmic impacts.
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2025
Shocked as I was — “It’s the bloody World Series!”
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2025
Shocked and in despair, people couldn't believe it had happened again to one of their presidents.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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