Thesaurus / startling
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A startling amount of human happiness and wellbeing depends on our relationship with this one plant.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEADACHE IN YOUR SHAMPOO - ISSUE 90: SOMETHING GREENANASTASIA BENDEBURY & MICHAEL SHILO DELAYSEPTEMBER 16, 2020NAUTILUSToday, Rent the Runway has more than 1,200 employees and does more than $100 million in revenue, but in 2009 the responses Jenn and her co-founder, Jennifer Fleiss, got from investors were less than encouraging, sometimes even startling.
‘HOW I BUILT THIS’ HOST GUY RAZ ON INSIGHTS FROM SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS ENTREPRENEURSRACHEL KINGSEPTEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNEIt is startling to have someone look you in the eye and tell you things you know are lies.
“PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE”: HOW LOVE FRAUD BUILDS AN ABSORBING DOCUSERIES AROUND A ROMANTIC CON MANALISSA WILKINSONSEPTEMBER 4, 2020VOXThat it occurred during a recession, a pandemic and record unemployment is a startling feat.
THE FED’S BEARISH OUTLOOK PUTS THE GLOBAL STOCKS RALLY ON PAUSEBERNHARD WARNERAUGUST 20, 2020FORTUNEThis summer has seen some startling examples of what these methods can accomplish.
CAN A.I. UNDERSTAND POETRY?JEREMY KAHNAUGUST 18, 2020FORTUNEThese data line up with another startling set of data from the opioid crisis.
THE OPIOID TRAGEDY, PART 1: “WE’VE ADDICTED AN ENTIRE GENERATION” (EP. 402)STEPHEN J. DUBNERJANUARY 16, 2020FREAKONOMICSIt was a mighty simple transaction, but it produced some startling results for me, that same coin-spinning.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRThe sudden way she turned upon him, rising from her chair and standing over him, was so startling that he got up too.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODAnd then with a startling suddenness came the thought that, before now, men had been drowned in their baths!
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSOur prisoner's was perhaps the most startling name which could have been pronounced among those high-blooded and headlong men.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO STARTLING
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