deliberately
Example Sentences
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The court previously heard the householder, who cannot be named for legal reasons, temporarily moved out when video footage emerged online claiming an earlier incident assumed to be an accidental electric fire was started deliberately.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
"Our current plan is, with the help of parliament, get the Digital Fairness Act amended to include the issue of prohibiting publishers from deliberately disabling customer purchases," they said.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
Ms. Dimmock’s sensitivity is apparent throughout—she very deliberately leaves Parker’s children from earlier relationships, a girl and boy, almost completely out of the story, when a less thoughtful filmmaker might have made more of them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Because Golding’s account of his death was so deliberately confounding, I wasn’t sure what happened.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
One can also only imagine the feelings elicited by the realization that several other priceless statues had been deliberately sent to a watery grave.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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