unconsciously

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You unconsciously stand up straight in a cathedral.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“I sang unconsciously a lot. My patients always picked up on it — they’d be like, ‘Every time you come in, you’re singing.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"Europe has a number of cards up its sleeve -- and it's chosen consciously or unconsciously not to use them," said the German Marshall Fund's Varma.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

He didn’t recall that exact conversation but reported: “I unconsciously had told someone about the offer, an informant to the FBI, and the FBI wrote it down.”

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2025

Almost unconsciously, he picked up a plum tomato from the top of one of the bushels and took a voracious bite.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller