It's about extracting dirty and dangerous stuff from often risky places, investing eye-popping amounts and often making gob-smacking profits.

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Actual words of source spoken by an actor We were absolutely gob-smacked when we heard Gordon say this on Today.

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Friends of Mrs Taylor told the court they were "gob-smacked" when her husband told her his fears about his wife's mental state.

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The WGA included estimates for costs decades into the future, "and that's why we've got some really gob smacking figures", she told the BBC.

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"Because I'm a Manchester United fan, I was gob-smacked, " she added.

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Ipswich rapper DELS is also playing the Lake Stage, in what will be his first appearance in the county since the release of his debut album, GOB.

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The gob-smacking emotional shock of your spouse announcing that he or she is gay (or discovering it in some way), can even result in post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Netflix is already trying this strategy with new shows like the David Fincher produced House of Cards (from Media Rights Capital ) and the return of Arrested Development (thank Gob).

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This time around, the show will work as an anthology, with each episode focusing on one particular character (Michael, Gob, Buster, et al), where they've been since the family fell apart, and how they've been brought back together to help set up the eventual "AD" movie.

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