It's not surprising that he doesn't want to go.
The changes to the campus were surprising.
He shows a surprising lack of concern for others.
A surprising number of people were laid off at the factory.
Recent Examples on the WebAmerica’s employers delivered another healthy month of hiring in February, adding a surprising 275,000 jobs and again showcasing the U.S. economy’s resilience in the face of high interest rates.—Paul Wiseman, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024 America's employers delivered another healthy month of hiring in February, adding a surprising 275,000 jobs and again showcasing the U.S. economy's resilience in the face of high interest rates.—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2024 But both filmmakers took their source material in bold, utterly surprising directions, gambling that audiences would connect with their deeply personal and often idiosyncratic visions.—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024 Those trade curbs pushed Huawei and SMIC to pursue avenues for building a domestic chip supply chain, and the Mate 60 Pro marked a surprising advance in that effort.—Cagan Koc, Fortune Asia, 8 Mar. 2024 The concept of sublimated despair is a pillar of contemporary television, but the show’s surrealism is fresh and surprising — made even more so by the sense of creeping sameness of so many other shows right now.—Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024 Simone Biles shared a surprising fact about herself while hyping up Kortnee Solomon, a young girl who made history as the first Black cowgirl to compete on TV in 2021.—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024 The surprising Wolverines are finally healthy and surging.—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024 Carney’s response to May v. Bonta, a lawsuit challenging S.B. 2, was not surprising.—Jacob Sullum, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
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