shocking
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“It’s a way of not shocking the market,” Field said of Apple’s CEO transition plan.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
They’re nowhere near as shocking as the methods John and Bernadette use to ready their son to defend the universe.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
This seems unlikely right now, even with antitrust’s shocking record of courtroom failures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
New satellite images from Vantor Satellite Imagery show the shocking devastation along a roughly 10-mile swath of the Trishuli river stretching south from the northern border with China.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
A lot of things were shocking to us.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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