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What Wonder of the Ancient World was granted honorary status on the New Seven Wonders list?

wonder

[wuhn-der] / ˈwʌn dər /






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This makes you wonder what the “protection” part of their agency is actually about, but it does make it more apparent why Mamdani’s opponents are attacking him over 9/11.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

Still, she couldn’t help but wonder, given those ordered to evacuate included two of her friends.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Like any naturalist, Ms. Korsgaard discovers a compensating principle—namely, that when you go looking for one wonder, you tend to find others you weren’t expecting.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

"Well it's rather expensive, it certainly makes you wonder if you'll put your heating on or not," she said.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Which made him wonder if he’d ever been a talented Usher, or if he’d just been a dolt guided by the all-knowing Afterlife.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Napoleon’s invasion failed, but the experts he sent in—draftsmen, scientists, archaeologists—found tantalizing glimpses of ancient wonders such as the Rosetta Stone and the Luxor obelisk.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

“It really is more timely than ever,” agrees Mays, who wonders if that might keep audiences away.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

I love the game too much and, if I am being candid, my team has usually been better than the one everyone around me worshiped, which does wonders for a boy’s sense of belonging.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

You can feel the quiet intensity with which this young man from the American Midwest immerses himself in the Old World and its wonders.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

For she was in Saint Petersburg, home of the Imperial Ballet and countless other wonders, and who knew if she would ever pass this way again?

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

After a student responded that it was the day planes hit the towers in New York, Tashjian wondered why she had never heard of it before.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Maybe you’ve wondered why Greenland and Africa look roughly the same size on such maps, when Africa is actually 14 times larger, or why Antarctica looks infinitely large, when that isn’t true in real life.

From Salon Sep. 10, 2026

I wondered if McGregor would have quibbled with his Obi-Wan’s patchy blond beard, but when I went back and double-checked the film, it is that scraggly.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

The family wondered whether a wedding e-vite Jordan had responded to that day could have been connected.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

I wondered if the prayer meeting had ended, if Willem and Nollie and Peter had gotten away.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

In American corporations, executives have started wondering how employees’ fears might impact internal AI adoption, said Michael Domanic, head of AI at the consulting firm Section.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Hughes was left wondering "will they survive an hour, will they survive a day"?

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Otherwise, you might be wondering what all the fuss is about when the envelopes are opened.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Already there are hapless teams wondering if it’s time to stop tackling their opponents in order to chase some of those New Orleans quarterbacking genes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Zara says something too, but I don’t hear her because I’m too busy wondering how Debbie seems to not be at all concerned about the fake life Dad told her we have.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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