inadvertently
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"Bryson has been penalised two strokes for inadvertently improving the area of his intended swing, so the intended backswing on the fifth hole when he was playing his second shot," a R&A spokesperson told reporters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The disclosure that the medical records of some nuclear test veterans may have been inadvertently destroyed in 2023.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Just a couple of days before that now-infamous blog post, the firm inadvertently provided a different, no-less-perfect example of the perils of mass digitization.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
And by avoiding the title “teacher,” the models can inadvertently minimize the profession, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
The problem with dangling modifiers is that their subjects are inherently ambiguous and sometimes a sentence will inadvertently attract a reader to the wrong choice.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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