surprisingly
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Not surprisingly, Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold had little to say about his team facing Skubal in Game 1 rather than trading for him — and keeping him away from the Dodgers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
The dramatic plot tracks the Sophoclean original surprisingly closely, and Ms. Dove re-creates much of the horrifying tension and irony in the ancient play’s tangle of misunderstandings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The economy ministry said in a statement that output had come in "surprisingly strong".
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
But surprisingly, we've found evidence that the majority of lava worlds -- similar in composition to Earth and Venus but much, much hotter -- might have atmospheres.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
And Ivan’s papa, Yedsha, was surprisingly inefficient as a monster hunter, so nothing really changed.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
