surprise
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SURPRISE, Ariz. — As Ty Buttrey pumped fastballs at 98 mph to Royals hitters in the Wednesday afternoon sunshine, manager Scott Servais watched intently from the first-base dugout of Surprise Stadium.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024
SURPRISE: Phoebe Bridgers Phoebe Bridgers is the new Dave Grohl: that is, the one rocker everyone can agree on.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023
SURPRISE, Ariz. — For close to half of his 37 years, Mario Lisson has thought about the razor-thin line between reaching his dream and not.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2022
SURPRISE: You didn’t cancel MoviePass, and now you’re automatically enrolled in the “new” plan.
From The Verge • Aug. 14, 2018
"Stop!" said she; "there is no address; but this is what is written on it—" "THIS IS THE SURPRISE."
From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
Vocabulary lists containing surprise
Emotions on Display
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 6
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 1–3
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