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Recent Examples of shocker
To the delight of equally desperate fantasy football players, Bourne has racked up 142 receiving yards in both of the Niners’ last two games, establishing himself as the offensive engine for a team that somehow pulled off a shocker in Los Angeles in Week 5.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Justin Herbert’s late-game heroics (under pressure, shocker) put a small Band-Aid over their multi-game slide.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Rather than resting on her laurels after all of the awards and acclaim, the actor went bolder, taking center stage in Lars von Trier’s arthouse shocker tracking a troubled woman hiding out from her volatile gangster father in a rural Colorado community that eventually turns against her.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
That’s kind of a shocker, and that propelled the whole thing forward.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Justin Herbert’s late-game heroics (under pressure, shocker) put a small Band-Aid over their multi-game slide.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Rather than resting on her laurels after all of the awards and acclaim, the actor went bolder, taking center stage in Lars von Trier’s arthouse shocker tracking a troubled woman hiding out from her volatile gangster father in a rural Colorado community that eventually turns against her.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
That’s kind of a shocker, and that propelled the whole thing forward.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shocker
Noun
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That revelation prodded insurgents in British possessions from Ireland to Sierra Leone to take to the streets to assert their own ambitions for economic and political autonomy over the decades to come.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The arrest marks another extraordinary revelation involving Ray County, a mostly rural county northeast of Kansas City that has faced a series of high-profile controversies in recent years.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Wall Street’s bar for positive surprises is also rising, analysts say.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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When Democrats called a surprise redistricting session in early October, forcing her back to Richmond just as early voting ramped up, Earle-Sears barely mentioned it on the trail, beyond holding a press conference a week before the election.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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There is a deep sense of shock at the BBC over the events of the past 24 hours, but also of anger.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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And the World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting countries with its operational framework for climate-resilient health systems, offering a blueprint for countries to use these funds to build health systems that can withstand and respond to climate shocks.—
Vanessa Kerry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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The closeness in my race and the closeness in the president's race last year were real eye-openers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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Beringer noted the speed and physicality of Minnesota’s preseason games have been eye-openers.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
14 Oct. 2025
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In 2021, Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, sat down for a bombshell, tell-all interview with Winfrey.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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There will be more bombshells, more shock waves to come.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Shocker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shocker. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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