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spectacularly

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notoriously
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Wawrinka had been a player whose career was ticking along steadily, rather than spectacularly, until he lifted one of the sport's biggest prizes at the age of 28.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

During a head-spinning 22 months, the mercurial leader has turned spectacularly on Kyiv, imposed tariffs on allies and threatened to take Greenland.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Operationally, Tesla hasn’t been doing spectacularly well lately.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

She didn’t fail up as spectacularly as U.S.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

The more he studied Buffett, the less he thought Buffett could be copied; indeed, the lesson of Buffett was: To succeed in a spectacular fashion you had to be spectacularly unusual.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis


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