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Still, EO’s announcement is jolting because the group was an exemplar, run carefully by the journalism-minded Forrester family for decades, and a leader in efforts to save remaining local newspapers.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

The way we're doing things is the same way we've been doing them for 70 years, and now the idea that we would have to change is jolting.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2021

For readers who can stomach it, “Processed Cheese” is jolting enough to reveal what degradation we’ve become inured to.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2020

In the Sunday Riley case, the brazenness is jolting.

From Washington Times • Dec. 11, 2019

A clumsy peasant-cart is jolting along the road; the sleepy carter rubs his eyes and gazes after the strange figure with dishevelled hair and disordered dress, hastening towards the forest.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip