stun
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The interior ministry also said police would stop using stun grenades on the students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
China's world number 85 Wang Xiyu fought back to stun the top seed 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, and will play compatriot Zhang Shuai for the title.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Sterling Nasa proceeded to stun composer-conductor Justin Hurwitz and the 2,000-person audience with his flawless, impromptu performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
One dog that didn’t bark at the conference, and continues to stun by its silence, is that of a wealth or asset tax.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
He wanted to stun Stalin with the news.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
Morocco's Ismael Saibari stuns Scotland with a superb finish after just 71 seconds in their World Cup Group C game in Boston.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
What stuns me is the horror I felt upon reading this news—the embarrassment, the shame of having felt so superior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
St. Mary’s stuns UCLA, the nation’s No. 1 seed, with a 3-2 win to open the LA Regional.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Saylor has been unflaggingly bullish, even as Bitcoin’s decline stuns investors.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
Something about hearing his voice stuns me silent.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
The death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on Wednesday drove a "stunned" Lopez to lay a candle on Thursday at an improvised shrine in the Spanish capital's Puerta del Sol square, the epicentre of the protests.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
As stunned math experts began to absorb the results, even a researcher inside Anthropic called OpenAI’s release “obviously the most significant moment in mathematical history.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
But Warrington snuck past Leeds Rhinos, and Wakefield Trinity then stunned the whole of rugby league as they demolished Wigan on the Warriors' own patch to make it to Old Trafford.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Deep in its territory, just before the half, it stunned USC by turning an improbable fake punt into a 44-yard gain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
When the technicians got to their new base, the bomb bay doors opened and they tumbled to the ground—some of them were so stunned by the experience that they couldn’t even get up.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Earlier this week, she regained consciousness and began speaking - stunning experts, medical staff and her lawyers.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Pike's stunning survival renewed focus on the ethical debate surrounding capital punishment in the United States.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Year: 2020 Compiled by: Rachelle Hampton Of note: The graphics in this one are legit stunning.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
They found the natural scenery stunning, but acknowledged not knowing, or learning, much about Tibetan culture—nor interacting with many Tibetans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
It was a stunning achievement, with wide-ranging impacts.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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