fortunately

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"We are aware that a number of private properties have been affected, but fortunately they were unoccupied at the time," said Cyngor Gwynedd.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

But fortunately, I’ve been very interested in two new themes that are going to be sure to produce blockbusters, which is memory and regret.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

The author relates her principal story, of the two sisters, in the present tense, while keeping historical context in the past—an idiosyncratic choice that, fortunately, doesn’t derail the book’s narrative momentum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

"They gave it everything they had. Unfortunately somebody's got to win that game and fortunately for the Dodgers we got Freddie Freeman on our team."

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

But Shani never played with Lateshia again and, fortunately, I never saw her brother again.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore