wonder
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"Our people feel sad, helpless, anxious, fearful and worried - and they have good reason to, because it is inevitable to wonder whether this will happen again," he commented.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Business leaders who have interacted privately with Bardella say he has revealed little about his economic approach, leaving many to wonder if there is really any daylight between him and Le Pen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Aquatics Center loyalists, however, wonder how they will cope with the loss of their pools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
But the alternative, as Araki suggests, is an utterly boring existence, where, either way, you’ll always wonder “what if?”
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
“I wonder why you and I got separated.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
The tiny fish have a voracious appetite and work wonders as natural mosquito-control agents in abandoned swimming pools, small residential ponds, and other confined aquatic habitats.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
When Michael wonders whether the “Home Alone” star is meant to be the deity, she clarifies—sort of.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
After escaping Manhattan, he wonders, “Where do you go? There’s no place else. It was like going on the lam from yourself.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
A stunned Emma wonders who could have betrayed her so intimately, and why.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
He wonders if they repaint it every night as he turns another corner, and because he is looking at the ground, he nearly runs into the girl.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
The statement on Thursday revived those theories, as many wondered why there were no photos of McConnell leaving the rehabilitation center.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Still, I immediately wondered what the occasions were.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
His office has received emails from parents seeking jobs for their children, and Wolf says he’s always wondered if the kids even knew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
“I wondered what that meant — I thought it was some code,” the 33-year-old tow truck driver told me over a Zoom call this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
He wondered what he was supposed to do with it.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Even on set, a background person would approach her, wondering if there’s any more plain bagels at craft service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"So that's why we are wondering why it is happening today."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
But I find myself wondering why another moral issue, much closer to home and shocking almost beyond comprehension, isn’t getting much play on the campaign trail.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
His brother's friends had already returned, he said, leaving him wondering if his brother was still alive.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Can I live with going to work every day and wondering whether this is a day when I’ll connect a call, and that voice will be on the other end of the line?
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing wonder
Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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