shocking
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"What happened to him was shocking," petition organiser Taro Tsurugashima said of Kumar, who ran a restaurant in Saitama, near Tokyo, for 18 years.
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
Spike Lee’s masterpiece was met with hand-wringing when it arrived in theaters 37 summers ago, with white critics fretting how “urban audiences” would react to its shocking ending of brutality and angry protest.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
Asst Ch Con Paton said was a "shocking attack".
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
O’Connor’s South—influenced as much by Hawthorne as by Faulkner—is a metaphysical realm of spiritual deformity and, at moments, shocking prophetic insight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Because some of the women who were arrested were well-connected, the sentence was especially shocking and caused outrage.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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