not bargained for
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That is a situation United had not bargained for six months ago.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
What he had not bargained for was the effect his disappearance would have on his mother and stepfather.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2016
Superior, it was clear, had not bargained for the early collapse.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2015
Dear Time-Reader Like the other U.S. and foreign newsmen assigned to cover the Bogota Conference, Dozier had not bargained for an insurrection to boot.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was rather unfortunate for us that it should have been so; having travelled to escape the cold in our own island home, we had certainly not bargained for it pursuing us wherever we went.
From Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta by W. Cope Devereux
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