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Even with the sketch threatening to go off the rails as Taylor’s bald cap started peeling off, she never missed a step and her dance moves were astonishing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union, which represents senior civil servants, said the PM's comments were "astonishing" and "really damaging".

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

When applied to the observational data from Kepler-1625b and Kepler-1708b, the results were astonishing.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023

They’d been running an experiment with a small group of patients for a couple of years—and the results, they were astonishing.

From Scientific American • Mar. 30, 2023

During the time-out, the looks on my teammate’s faces were astonishing.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers