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as in amazed
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house
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as in ambushed
to lie in wait for and attack by surprise
FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations
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Recent Examples of surprised
Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
The black market dollar price has dropped since July, narrowing its gap with the official rate of 980.
Chileans, once accustomed to bargain-hunting in Argentina, are now surprised to see the traffic reversed.
—Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
In the second picture, the mother-son duo both looked surprised as Deveraux held a gerbil in his hand.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
An airline passenger was surprised to find that there was no screen in front of him during his short domestic flight and posted about the incident on Reddit.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
So don’t be surprised if the album sells well into the six digits again this week – and perhaps gets Swift to a 17th week at No. 1 for Poets, moving it just two weeks shy of Morgan Wallen’s 2020s-best 19 weeks at No. 1 with 2023’s One Thing at a Time.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
The black market dollar price has dropped since July, narrowing its gap with the official rate of 980.
Chileans, once accustomed to bargain-hunting in Argentina, are now surprised to see the traffic reversed.
—Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
In the second picture, the mother-son duo both looked surprised as Deveraux held a gerbil in his hand.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
An airline passenger was surprised to find that there was no screen in front of him during his short domestic flight and posted about the incident on Reddit.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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Thompson was staying at a nearby hotel before heading solo to the Hilton, on his way to speak at UnitedHealth Group’s investor conference, when he was ambushed by his killer.NBC News, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
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The gunman, dressed in dark clothing with a hood and mask, ambushed Thompson outside the New York Hilton Midtown.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest.Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi's arrest.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Time ran out, and Bears players stood in the middle of the field stunned.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
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The reality is that the region is stunned by what happened.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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With an awed expression and misty eyes, Swift marveled at the waves of aural affection, taking out her ear monitors to fully experience the overwhelming sound.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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Steve Jobs would come at a journalist like the rain in Buenaventura, aggressively pitching his message; Cook envelopes his interlocutors in a gentle mist and confides awed assessments of his company’s efforts.Steven Levy, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
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After the clip of the Christmas tree being raised from the basement went viral, the feat of engineering certainly astonished millions of internet users.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Their swift move into the capital astonished citizens and the rest of the world.Antoinette Radford, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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The clip received more than 3,900 shares and 4.1 million views on X. In the footage a young girl dressed in pink walks along the chilled aisle of a superstore, throwing products as bewildered customers look on.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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In May, police officers in the town of Lufkin, Texas responded to a bewildered call about a pair of kangaroos that were on the loose.Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2024
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Internet users were astounded by the resemblance, and the clip went viral with more than 5.2 million views and 254,000 likes on Instagram at the time of writing.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Kirkpatrick was astounded that Hussey and Whiting had never consented to the shoot and weren’t even informed of what would appear in the final version of the film.Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2023
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My father would have been amazed, because my father didn't make speeches.TIME Staff, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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Despite the ongoing mystery of the items' purpose, Slack was amazed by the response online.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Surprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprised. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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