Some fans were startled by the partnership with a big-box retailer.

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It is precisely because the Tea Party supports new, untested candidates that some of them have startled the public.

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Some of my colleagues were startled that we were flowing in stories from our competitors to billionaire profile pages.

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He is startled by this movement, the first he has made for some time.

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Tsotsi is so startled that he wrecks the car and almost walks away callously, but then, for some reason, he does something uncharacteristic.

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