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Recent Examples of shocker
Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist, a vintage performance with Sidney Crosby out of the lineup, and the Pittsburgh Penguins rolled past the Avs in a 7-2 shocker.
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2026
Aberg, however, was the real shocker.
—Dallas Morning News, 15 Mar. 2026
On the 535th Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including a shocker in the NBA, where Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo exploded for 83 points on Tuesday night.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Sage Hills pulled off the shocker of the season in defeating Southern Section Open Division champion Sierra Canyon 57-54 on the road.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2026
Aberg, however, was the real shocker.
—Dallas Morning News, 15 Mar. 2026
On the 535th Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including a shocker in the NBA, where Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo exploded for 83 points on Tuesday night.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Sage Hills pulled off the shocker of the season in defeating Southern Section Open Division champion Sierra Canyon 57-54 on the road.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shocker
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The revelation about Joseph Félix Badio, a former official in Haiti’s anti-corruption unit who was fired months before the brazen killing, emerged Monday during the cross-examination of an FBI official who served as a case agent.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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The investigation was opened after a referral from France’s Foreign Ministry and follows revelations published in the Epstein files and subsequent reporting in France.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The event that had precipitated this change was the 1973 Yom Kippur War, a surprise assault on Israel launched by Arab forces on the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Within days, China’s surprise intervention in the deal quickly shattered that hope, as Beijing stepped up efforts to discourage Chinese AI founders from moving their businesses offshore.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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The prospect of a cooling economy alongside high inflation, touched off by an oil shock, has many analysts comparing the current period to the 1970s.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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More consumer price inflation, more lower-income stress Atsi Sheth, chief credit officer at Moody’s Ratings, said this is only the most recent shock for a petrochemical industry that has seen several in recent years, from Covid to Ukraine to the Red Sea issues and now the Strait of Hormuz.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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These two series are eye-openers about some of the ways people outside our experiences live.—
Colleen Kujawa,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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This could be an eye-opener to what’s really sticking out.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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But less attention was given to other bombshells dropped about vaccines that day.—
Patricia Callahan,
ProPublica,
19 Mar. 2026
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You might not have been born with the blonde bombshell’s voluminous curls, but this innovation will get you one step closer to acing the look.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Shocker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shocker. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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