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Take heart from Billy Hayes, former leader of the Communication Workers Union, who told Progress magazine recently that older activists were marvelling at "the invention and humour of newer 21st Century socialists".

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2017

At the time, Americans were marvelling at engineering advances—attendees at the 1893 World’s Fair, in Chicago, beheld new uses for electric light—but were also protesting low wages, poor working conditions, and corporate greed.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 22, 2017

I was a wide-eyed 13-year-old, and my main memories were marvelling at both the pace of Shoaib Akhtar and the fanatical Pakistan supporters.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2011

Dr. and Mrs. Nesbit were marvelling at the mystery of a child’s soul, a maiden’s soul, reaching out tendril after tendril as the days made years.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

While the ladies were marvelling over this production, Polton proceeded with his work.

From The Red Thumb Mark by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)