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spontaneously

[spon-tey-nee-uhs-lee] / spɒnˈteɪ ni əs li /


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“Yesterday half of the jury spontaneously broke down in tears and several members of the jury have reported multiple nights of sleeplessness,” they wrote in a note to the judge.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

But others made spontaneously to prison guards were deemed admissible.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

"There wasn't a pause … it all happened pretty spontaneously."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Duannis was 22 and watching soccer at a cafe when he spontaneously joined Cuba’s biggest antigovernment street protest in decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

It pulled away from the shore spontaneously, turned around, and started toward the little white pier.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull




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