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Recent Examples of shocker
One of Wishman’s most Sapphic films is this gritty black-and-white sexploitation shocker about assassins who weasel their way into an apartment shared by two lesbians in order to kill a foreign dignitary.
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Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Tuesday’s Division 1 baseball semifinals produced a shocker.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Another shocker: Truth nearly eeked out a win with an AA of his own.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Last month, the club won a shocker that sent it to the Championship level — now one step away from the vaunted Premier League.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 May 2025
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Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Tuesday’s Division 1 baseball semifinals produced a shocker.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Another shocker: Truth nearly eeked out a win with an AA of his own.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Last month, the club won a shocker that sent it to the Championship level — now one step away from the vaunted Premier League.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shocker
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The admission follows the revelation that President Donald Trump had vetoed Israel's plan to target Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to Reuters.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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The new revelation underscores the aggressiveness of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg amid concerns that some of its AI technology was lagging in performance.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
Noun
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The deaths of children do put the parents in a state of finality—this was not a surprise to Lilian.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
15 June 2025
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The surprise attack on Tehran raised the stakes in a long-running internal dispute, whose stakes could increase as Israel’s need for support grows in response to Iranian retaliation.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 June 2025
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In Kevin Day’s case, the initial sense of shock eventually gave way to tears in, of all places, his local supermarket.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Narrating what happened with the boy in the autopsy room turned out to be wholly different from experiencing it; the riptide shock of that moment slowed to a largo of painful excavation.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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What’s Next For Trayvon Bromell After Diamond League Rome The result from Rome was an eye-opener.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Using it, insisted Cross, has been an eye-opener and a game-changer.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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The rift deepened with bombshell interviews, their Netflix docuseries and Harry’s best-selling memoir Spare, which alleged a physical altercation with his brother, Prince William.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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The report comes weeks after Harry’s bombshell interview with the BBC.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
5 June 2025
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“Shocker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shocker. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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