staggering

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Yet nothing compares to the news that he sued his parents this week on the eve of opening day, accusing them of draining staggering amounts of his money from four financial accounts they created.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Last year, consumers bought just $19 billion worth of them, out of a staggering $464 billion in total purchases of all kinds of annuities, the life-insurance industry group Limra has reported.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

O'Donnell, who had abandoned the car in a nearby housing estate, was found staggering along the street a short time later and arrested.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

For one, the debt load incurred across these purchases is staggering, and the means of covering it are no longer assured.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

‘Keep going on the hard part,’ and left him staggering back in the darkness....

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman