as in surprises
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
your ability to remember names and faces amazes me
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Recent Examples of amazes
More than 30 years later, what amazes me isn’t just what that team accomplished on the field.
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Charlie Davies,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
This technology still amazes me.
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Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026
What still amazes a man who has to be hard to impress is the Gunnison Tunnel.
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Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
The second thing that strikes me more and actually amazes me is the fact that this is a story, a trope, that is repeated in most of the presentation of Agnes Pockels.
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Mariel Carr,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
Eva’s romance with her husband, Franklin Plaskett, delights and amazes her.
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Adelle Waldman,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
What amazes me is how good human beings can be in a crisis.
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Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2025
What amazes her is how someone chose to save these items and hang on to them for future generations.
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Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
Personality-wise, Luca amazes me.
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Emma Specter,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
Charlie Davies,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
This technology still amazes me.
—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026
What still amazes a man who has to be hard to impress is the Gunnison Tunnel.
—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
The second thing that strikes me more and actually amazes me is the fact that this is a story, a trope, that is repeated in most of the presentation of Agnes Pockels.
—
Mariel Carr,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
Eva’s romance with her husband, Franklin Plaskett, delights and amazes her.
—
Adelle Waldman,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
What amazes me is how good human beings can be in a crisis.
—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2025
What amazes her is how someone chose to save these items and hang on to them for future generations.
—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
Personality-wise, Luca amazes me.
—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amazes
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However, this is also a series that surprises audiences with mysterious twins that have been under your nose the whole time.
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What surprises people most is the diversity of the landscape here.
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More than 42,000 of those pieces were found over just the past eight years of excavation, a pace that astonishes even the researchers leading the work.
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His work astonishes and moves people far beyond the fashion bubble to this day.
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Set the scene This resort stuns, with magical panoramic views of the northern coastline of Crete.
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Tabitha and Jade flee into the tunnels after an earthquake temporarily stuns the monsters, and Jade and his crew race to their vehicles to outrun the monsters that have come to the surface under the cover of this false night.
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What shocks her even more is that Laura Kim, a classmate at Columbia, got in.
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Dislocation from tariffs, onshoring, war, oil, and supply shocks present opportunities for dissident shareholders to show laggards the way.
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Missile warning startles Dubai Earlier on Friday, a missile warning in the United Arab Emirates caused by a technical glitch underscored the ongoing tensions in the region, following the attack on the cargo vessel and Israeli strikes in Lebanon over the past few days.
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The combination of flashing light and movement startles them.
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Throughout it all, Kudrow astounds.
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In the morning, after a hike through the village’s veins and up a rocky promontory topped with a statue of the Virgin Mary, the Belvedere della Madonnina astounds us with views onto the steep hills and Cala Feola—the island’s second, smaller port and Ponza’s only sandy beach.
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