unbeknownst
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But unbeknownst to him, his handset was still connected to the Bluetooth speaker.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
It was far higher than he had anticipated in part because the parka was, unbeknownst to him, made in Myanmar, then facing a tariff rate of 40%, which stuck him with $248.04 in charges.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Meanwhile—“Ragtime” is a show of many meanwhiles—the increasingly successful Coalhouse, unbeknownst to him the father of the child, goes in search of Sarah, and eventually finds her and begins a dedicated courtship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
But unbeknownst to the miners, Murderbot has been able to hack its governor module, its system, so it's gained autonomy, free will.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025
As the boys—now officially the U.S. eight-oared Olympic rowing team— settled in at Travers Island they were, largely unbeknownst to them, beginning to become national celebrities.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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