fortunately

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But fortunately, you can get a sense of the pick distribution just by looking at the numbers on ESPN, CBS and Yahoo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

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 race was stopped after both Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg and Alpine's Franco Colapinto crashed in the same place, fortunately neither hitting Piastri's car or each other.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

In a statement following the inquiry announcement, the trust told the BBC the vast majority of births at Leeds were safe, and deaths of mothers and babies were fortunately very rare.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

The girlfriend was one of the best spies the British had, but fortunately for Washington, when her report reached Clinton, he did not believe it.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen