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Expecting some metabolic or DNA factor at work, they were shocked to learn that the only difference between the subjects that they could figure out was the amount they were moving, and that in fact those who gained weight were sitting, on average, two hours more per day than those who didn't.
We found there was a risk of child labor in the supply chain, and people in the business were shocked.
Shocked, the mayor decided to step aside rather than participate or lead a procession that was ostensibly in support of organized crime.
When I came home to Gando to bring the good news, my people were over the moon, but when they realized that I was planning to use clay, they were shocked.
CA: And yet, when congressmen discovered what was actually being done with that authorization, many of them were completely shocked.
When she gives birth to the second daughter, she is shocked, and in the expectation of a son, when she gives birth to a third daughter, she feels guilty like a criminal.
It shocked the world, it shook up the American government, and it made people ask a lot of questions, because the sheer amount of information that was let out, and the potential impacts, were significant.
I was kind of shocked, actually, because we both work in privacy and security.
The march towards gay equality accelerated at a pace that surprised and shocked everyone, and is still reshaping our laws and our policies, our institutions and our entire country.
You will be shocked by what you see.
His reaction shocked me to this day.
The first pattern always kind of shocked me.
I was shocked to learn that many well-meaning programs are inadvertently actually making the situation worse.
And that really shocked me, because I was no geek, I was no technology guy, and all the equipment needed was already there, was easily available.
Ekido was shocked.
I came back home, a little after midnight, shocked to see that several high-caste elderly people were sitting in my courtyard.
When he found out, he and his wife were shocked and horrified, and they wound up writing an op-ed for a newspaper, saying that it was up to all of us to learn everything we can about the labor and supply chains of the products that we support.
And at first I was shocked to find myself inside of a silent mind.
When I woke later that afternoon, I was shocked to discover that I was still alive.
When eventually I was persuaded to go, the optometrist fitted me with the trial lenses and was shocked at just how poor my sight was.
Some years ago, the world of science was shocked when a paper was published showing experimental evidence that quantum coherence takes place inside bacteria, carrying out photosynthesis.
CA: A lot of people look at the hedge fund industry now and are sort of ... shocked by it, by how much wealth is created there, and how much talent is going into it.
The first time I went to Delhi or to southern parts of Italy, I was shocked by how at home I felt.
The first time it happened, I was shocked and filled with disbelief.
I was shocked, but as I thought about what she had said, I was filled with enormous compassion and love for my mother, yet I could do nothing about it.
And everybody is shocked when the old man takes off his head covering and shows himself.
But what utterly shocked me was throughout all of this work I received equal measures of vitriol from the secular left, the same vehemence as the religious right.
We're momentarily shocked, apologize profusely, and wish him luck as he rushes toward the entrance.
Frankly, I was really shocked to find out that NASA has this problem worked out.
He was completely shocked to know about the restrictions that are imposed upon menstruating girls and women by their own families and their society.
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