shocking
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It’s shocking but not surprising that the overentitlement dynamic, which I call misogyny, takes over.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Speaking in Welsh, she called them "brawychus" - roughly translated as "terrible" or "shocking".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The moment it happened was for me, of course, extremely shocking and emotional.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
The lesson from Penn State isn’t simply that hazing can take shocking forms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Even more shocking was that the terms of the loans were changing, in ways that increased the likelihood they would go bad.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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