Shock in example sentence

While Mexico had a petroleum-based boom in the wake of the second oil-price shock of the 1970’s, Argentina suffered from economic mismanagement under a military dictatorship that then staged its disastrous invasion of the Falkland Islands/Malvinas.

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And then you wait for the opening shock for your parachute to open.

It's called Pavlovian fear conditioning, where a tone ends with a brief shock.

The shock isn't painful, but it's a little annoying.

But just last year, we had an incredible shock and realized that almost just isn't good enough with a virus like polio.

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