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But all that really matters to the show is that each is a tortured romantic and will have to find a way to thrive in their uneasy, unasked-for partnership.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

She regularly calls Maddie with unasked-for advice about finding a husband and starting a family, but doesn’t provide much in the way of a stable or steady parental presence.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023

Thompson’s Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit was one of seven dance institutions to receive large, unasked-for funds in the most recent round of donations by Scott and her husband, Dan Jewett.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2021

But kids who were looking forward to birthday parties, swimming pools, playgrounds, and the normalcy of everyday life—the happy routine of just going to school—are learning unasked-for lessons in sacrifice these days, and it’s early.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2020

He w'as a mine of irrelevant information and unasked-for good advice.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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