mind-boggling
adjective
mind-bog·gling
ˈmīn(d)-ˌbä-g(ə-)liŋ 
: mentally or emotionally exciting or overwhelming
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However, the series soon becomes a mind-boggling supernatural thriller that’s a delight to dissect.
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Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
The numbers that will come out this year — averaging around 1 million per acre over hundreds of millions of acres across 16 states — are mind-boggling.
—CBS News, 2 Apr. 2024
The Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace charges up to $84.99 a head for a mind-boggling spread (Filipino congee, red-velvet waffles, an omelette bar, birria tacos).
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
But none of his other Derby winners turned in the type of jaw-dropping, mind-boggling performance that Fierceness did Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
Athens is one of Europe’s oldest cities, and the sheer density of material evidence is mind-boggling.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Making its Southern debut in the late mid-1800s, the Indica stunned onlookers with its statuesque size and mind-boggling blossoms of red, pink, white, purple, and salmon, and the azalea quickly became a staple of every Southern garden.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
Like the family’s own private boutique hotel, the home spans 27,000 square feet with 12 bedrooms and a mind-boggling 25 bathrooms.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
People in New Hampshire are the most desperate to live the millionaire lifestyle, willing to give up a mind-boggling 7 years and 11 months.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 21 Feb. 2024
Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
The numbers that will come out this year — averaging around 1 million per acre over hundreds of millions of acres across 16 states — are mind-boggling.
—CBS News, 2 Apr. 2024
The Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace charges up to $84.99 a head for a mind-boggling spread (Filipino congee, red-velvet waffles, an omelette bar, birria tacos).
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
But none of his other Derby winners turned in the type of jaw-dropping, mind-boggling performance that Fierceness did Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
Athens is one of Europe’s oldest cities, and the sheer density of material evidence is mind-boggling.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Making its Southern debut in the late mid-1800s, the Indica stunned onlookers with its statuesque size and mind-boggling blossoms of red, pink, white, purple, and salmon, and the azalea quickly became a staple of every Southern garden.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
Like the family’s own private boutique hotel, the home spans 27,000 square feet with 12 bedrooms and a mind-boggling 25 bathrooms.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
People in New Hampshire are the most desperate to live the millionaire lifestyle, willing to give up a mind-boggling 7 years and 11 months.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 21 Feb. 2024
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