small wonder
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And small wonder that he wanted to write a memoir stripped of the form’s obvious scaffolding and joints: no declarations of trauma, little effort to make his life exemplify something bigger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
It’s small wonder fiction’s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, faced the savage Hound of the Baskervilles amid the nocturnal mists of a mire.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 16, 2024
With more questions than answers, plus conflicting claims about the water’s safety, it’s small wonder residents are leery.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
It's small wonder Seutonius was eventually banished from Rome.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2022
It was small wonder the Night's Watch named it the haunted forest.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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