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
It is small wonder that Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola feels everyone outside the club is waiting, and hoping, for the Norwegian to stop scoring.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
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 is strong as steel, yet lighter and far more flexible, and of course utterly impervious to fire, Dragonbone bows are greatly prized by the Dothraki, and small wonder.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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