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unexpected

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"The unexpected rerouting of global shipping gave us a unique opportunity to quantify aerosol-cloud interactions, reducing the largest source of uncertainty in global climate projections," said Diamond.

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I’m grateful for the nights when things didn’t go as planned—missed opportunities, unexpected setbacks, even failures.

But the video shoot may have had unexpected benefits for the players who participated.

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Along the way, she forges an unexpected partnership with Nick, a solitary fox whose past as a con artist proves to be a valuable asset in uniform.

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Applied Materials may get an unexpected boost from China, too.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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