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An hour later, Jess stood atop a cement terrace, awed by the sea of chatter, laughter and shouts that swamped the plaza.
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Bennet Goldstein, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
In Wakanda Forever, Riri was a breath of fresh air, playing the awed but capable tourist in a grieving, technologically advanced nation.
—Stacia Brown, Vulture, 25 June 2025
Indiana State Police Troopers Amanda Parker and Jaylen Holt-Terry took their plates and sat off to the side Tuesday afternoon, awed by the history in the room.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
The magazine saw itself as literary but not self-serious; if the stereotypical National Geographic story was a walk through the jungle recounted in hushed, awed tones, its Outside equivalent was a little dustier, wilder, and less reverent.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
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Bennet Goldstein, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
In Wakanda Forever, Riri was a breath of fresh air, playing the awed but capable tourist in a grieving, technologically advanced nation.
—Stacia Brown, Vulture, 25 June 2025
Indiana State Police Troopers Amanda Parker and Jaylen Holt-Terry took their plates and sat off to the side Tuesday afternoon, awed by the history in the room.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
The magazine saw itself as literary but not self-serious; if the stereotypical National Geographic story was a walk through the jungle recounted in hushed, awed tones, its Outside equivalent was a little dustier, wilder, and less reverent.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Awed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awed. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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