shockers

Definition of shockersnext
plural of shocker

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shockers
Noun
  • The case of Rana al-Abbasi, who also was a dentist and who had been accused of funding the opposition, was well-known in Syria, and this week's revelations have received wide coverage in the country's news media.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • The team managed to gain access to festival in the desert’s shadowy leadership and key players, so expect some startling revelations.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • These two series are eye-openers about some of the ways people outside our experiences live.
    Colleen Kujawa, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Europe is particularly vulnerable to energy shocks as a major net energy importer.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 June 2026
  • The years since 2020 can be read as a sequence of shocks.
    Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The bombshells, Gabriel from Brazil and Kayda from New Hampshire, arrive like sexy assassins and silently start making out with everyone standing on a red dot.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 3 June 2026
  • The new bombshells took away Beatriz, Trinity, Zach and Bryce.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Tuesday’s primary elections across six states brought some surprises and history-making results, but now all eyes are on California as the results of the state’s primary are still coming in on Wednesday.
    James Ward, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • Were the surprises still intact?
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
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“Shockers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shockers. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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