small wonder
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Gibson said his Parkinson’s diagnosis, which was made official in 2015 after his left arm became glued to his side, has made him appreciate every small wonder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 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
If every captain was a king aboard his own ship, as was often said, it was small wonder they named the islands the land of ten thousand kings.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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