inconveniently
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“The beautiful multi-coloured ‘northern lights’—flickering shafts of light that lit up the sky—would at times, inconveniently for the Allies, provide just what the U- boat commanders needed to locate the convoys through their periscopes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Also interviewed was her agent Jon Roseman, who inconveniently had written a crime novel detailing a spookily similar scene.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2023
But inconveniently for journalists, this one does not map neatly to the made-up categories the government uses for statistical purposes.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2023
Their NFL-record streak of starting a season with a touchdown in 11 straight quarters ended inconveniently in the fourth.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
There was no doubt that Mrs. Cole was an inconveniently sharp woman.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
