unexpectedly
Example Sentences
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“What began as a fun photo session for a small-town high school football team unexpectedly became something that thousands of people connected with,” he wrote in an email to the trademark team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
In the Margin Unit, those rocks revealed an unexpectedly complicated history.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The season premiere opened Saturday with Ramy Youssef reprising his role as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, delivering an update on the nor’easter battering the East Coast before James Austin Johnson’s Trump arrived unexpectedly.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
With recent purchasing managers’ surveys revealing unexpectedly strong U.S. private-sector activity, investors have ramped up their expectations that the Fed could raise rates again next month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
It was an unexpectedly cool day for the beginning of the second week of September, and Fadi shivered a little, wishing he’d thought to bring a sweatshirt.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
