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unnatural

[uhn-nach-er-uhl, -nach-ruhl] / ʌnˈnætʃ ər əl, -ˈnætʃ rəl /


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Senior coroner Dr Julian Morris said on Wednesday: "The various reports have given me reason to suspect that Professor Arday died an unnatural death 12 days ago."

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

The unnatural act of throwing a baseball still tears tendons and wrenches elbows.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Fires are a natural phenomenon, of course, but what’s unnatural is their intensity and the level of heat.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

The majority acknowledges that its reading creates some overlap in the statute but concludes that a modest amount of redundancy is preferable to giving words an unnatural meaning.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2026

The heat of the unnatural fire almost staggered Jack, and May didn’t look much better, but neither dropped the Mirror.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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