surprise

LOYOLA: If Cubs can get production at the quarterback position, they can surprise teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

To my surprise, I received the full allocation.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026

In a spectacular opening scene, six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy and actor Greg McHugh emerged from the Tardis to cheers before they were, to the audience's surprise, followed by the King and Queen.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

He instigates them, and pedantically reminds her of the rules, but his surprise and irritation become conflagrations of rage as Fonsia wins hand after hand, remaining placid and mildly abashed at her luck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Ahead of us, to my surprise, a doctor was using a stethoscope with all the deliberateness of a real examination.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

But China’s throttling back of oil imports and its use of hidden reserves to calm global crude prices were also surprises.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Fans of “The Big Bang Theory” can guess at some of the cameos-to-be, others are delightful surprises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The expansion to 48 teams and 104 games, meanwhile, made room for a number of surprises that gave the tournament its life and sparkle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

"It's a reminder that even in our own cosmic neighbourhood, we can still find surprises if we look in the right way, at the right wavelengths."

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

My head was reeling from all the surprises and excitement as we headed out to the car.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

This is, in part, why I’m surprised at Gen Z’s dismissal of Holden Caulfield as a whiny white rich-kid hypocrite.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

Huawei readied a new chip, the Ascend 950, that surprised early testers with its performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Few commodity analysts expected the Iran war to last this long, and some were surprised by the use of the Strait of Hormuz as a bargaining chip.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

She points to how one shopkeeper selling iPads was surprised to find that the teenagers hadn't actually stolen anything.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Still lost in my preoccupation, I was almost surprised when I found myself back at my door.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

"It's the kind of headline you'd expect from M&S or Next," says retail analyst Natalie Berg, explaining that price cuts like this from such a low-cost retailer are surprising.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

This take is ungenerous but not surprising, given that one of the timeworn accusations against Holden Caulfield is hypocrisy: This guy calls everyone else phony, but he’s just as phony!

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

In another case, an Israeli military official said Iran repaired a bridge that Israel had struck with three bombs within days, surprising Israeli officials and prompting them to question the effectiveness of their targeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

One of the most surprising findings was that sitting itself did not seem to be the primary factor behind the observed brain differences.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

“We’re heading to Hacienda Dorada,” Pita said with surprising confidence.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall