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"It will be astonishing to anyone who reads this report that these events could have happened in the UK", Sir Brian Langstaff, the inquiry chairman, warned in his damning 2,527-page report on Monday.

From BBC • May 20, 2024

When the day comes, however, it will be astonishing.

From Scientific American • May 15, 2023

It will be astonishing, indeed, if youths of all ages are not fascinated with these stories.

From Cinderella And Other Stories by Davis, Richard Harding

If this is spread evenly and not too thickly in November, and the coarser remains of it are raked off early in April, the results will be astonishing.

From The Home Acre by Roe, Edward Payson

If we can occupy a few minutes of this time in right thoughts, and right movements scientifically directed and as simple as those of the animals, the effect will be astonishing.

From How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)