That was a shock.

It was such a shock.

Tom felt a little dazed.

The shock deprived her of speech.

The posts went viral.

It is a much bigger storm than any that has occurred since the end of World War II.

Craig says from the start, she felt a jolt of recognition familiar smells, familiar images.

An economy hit by a shock does not maintain its buoyancy rather, it becomes a leaky balloon.

But just as undeniable was the huge tremor that shook our antediluvian conceptions of society, morals, and the state.

This divergence on fiscal policy has many causes, and no single shock will alter it.

It s hard to know when the next shock will hit, or what form it will take otherwise, it wouldn t be a shock. But, as night follows day, such a disruption is inevitable.

It s hard to know when the next shock will hit, or what form it will take otherwise, it wouldn t be a shock.

The first major shock came with Russia's default and devaluation of August 1998.

Even if it is successful, consumers, investors, and businesses are undergoing a traumatic experience whose full impact is yet to be felt.

But can Europe deal with such a shock, and what would happen to the US if that happened?

Thus, 9 11 has meant, directly or indirectly, a great shock, both psychologically and to our political systems.

Journalist Issam Ahmed expressed his shock by sharing the details of his last conversation with Baloch, who was deeply concerned for her security.

Indeed, this was one reason why Japan was so little affected by the Lehman Shock that incited the global financial crisis.

When a disruption occurs, China, India, and the US will all find that they face equal prices and thus equal pain.

BERLIN In the coming months, several serious regional economic and political crises could combine into one mega watershed, fueling an intense global upheaval.

The second major shock came with Argentina's currency collapse of 2002 3, after which Argentina's government demanded an extremely large debt write off.

Harassment, in this case, is being treated as an organizational issue rather an individual crisis, eroding the little protection women enjoy against misogyny and sexism.

Some vinyl fans may feel overwhelmed by the digital world and choose to retreat to the stability of the familiar record sleeve, of items that recall halcyon teenage memories.

SAN FRANCISCO Last fall, Bill and Melinda Gates sent shock waves through the global health community when they announced the audacious goal of eradicating human malaria from the face of the planet.

You certainly don't want to be put in a situation of being scared of a rate hike because markets got upset, said Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Today, a stagflationary shock may result from an Israeli attack against Iran s nuclear facilities. This geopolitical risk mounted in recent weeks as Israel has grown alarmed about Iran s intentions.

A few months later, he scandalized his own Likud party conference by stating that occupation is wrong and untenable another shock for those who always speak of liberated rather than occupied territories.

Shock and sadness remain with us, but there is also a determined sense that we face challenges as individuals and as a civilization that were unknown a year ago.

But it is also true that Iran s emergence as the ninth nuclear power would provoke a regional and global upheaval, dangerously aggravate fears and suspicions, and confront the international community with a profound crisis of vision and policy.

South African netizens have expressed shock and anger following revelations that the 20 million US dollars of taxpayers' money was used to upgrade the country's president Jacob Zuma's private house in Nkandla, a town in KwaZulu Natal.

Oil above 140 a barrel was the last straw coming on top of the housing busts and financial shocks for the global economy, as it represented a massive supply shock for the US, Europe, Japan, China and other net importers of oil.

In that case, as an example, if an investment strategy yields an 8 annual return in normal times, a large shock of 20 at ten year intervals would reduce the average 10 returns by 3.19 percentage points, to 4.81 .