thankfully
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"The next I saw him was when I was literally underneath him and thankfully no serious damage. A couple of bumps and bruises but managed to walk away unscathed, luckily."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
It passed, 262-159, so thankfully will become law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The actor and his family were thankfully out of the country at the time, however, a neighbor later told CBS, “Right above my head these 12-foot-tall flames exploded out of the fifth-floor window.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
This week we’ve thankfully seen little of him.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Vivi, thankfully, is lying on her bed, writing a letter in green ink with drawings of hearts and stars and faces in the margins.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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