Shock in example sentence

If the journey to the crossroads is accelerated by a large geopolitical shock (originating in, say, the Middle East or North Korea) and/or a serious political breakdown in Europe (for example, a meltdown in Cyprus or prolonged political paralysis in Italy), the probability of taking the adverse path rises to an uncomfortably high level.

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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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