unexpected
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He continued that despite the painful experience, “the unexpected gift in the middle of it is that I’ve had nowhere to hide.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
But they noted that the company has “time & again delivered unexpected break-out hits.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
An old station house that is up for auction in Nottinghamshire has had unexpected attention after being dubbed the "scariest house on Rightmove".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
A system capable of finding unexpected pathways out of a constrained environment and compromising an outside organization presents a real security problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But as I double-checked the engineer’s math, I saw something unexpected.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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