Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shockers
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There does not seem to be any political momentum to remove, deactivate or severely limit the devices, unlike in neighboring cities like Mountain View, Santa Cruz, and jurisdictions under the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, following revelations of unauthorized federal access.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Yet, Knueppel should win because his play immediately helped Charlotte leap from perennially moribund to one of the season’s revelations.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
15 Apr. 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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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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Shares have edged down more than 2% since the Iran war began, fueled by concerns about rising shipping costs and potential supply shocks.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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In Southeast Asia, Vietnamese EV maker VinFast is offering discounts to offset fuel price shocks.—
Chan Ho-Him,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 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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That’s not to say there isn’t a company-wide stupor after last week’s bombshells.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2026
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There’s surprises, and then there’s surprises.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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There are no great surprises from here on out, though the sheer, lusty grossness of the fallout is occasionally startling.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Shockers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shockers. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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