shocking

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But is it really all that daunting to pick up your remote and click around a little to verify a shocking claim someone made on social media?

From Salon

“It’s shocking to me how many people consider themselves a solo ager and say, ‘I just can’t do an estate plan.

From MarketWatch

Abe's shocking death while giving a speech in broad daylight prompted investigations into the Unification Church and its questionable practices, including soliciting financially ruinous donations from its followers.

From BBC

Even more shocking than the documentary’s content, is the way it will be distributed.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1966 the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made a profound and prescient statement about health injustice, calling it “the most shocking and inhumane” form of inequality.

From Salon