unexpectedly

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DiDonato plays the waitress Tereza, the mother of a shooting victim who unexpectedly finds herself at the wedding, serving wine to family members she met after the tragedy but who don't recognize her.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Wilkinson’s latest real estate win came to her unexpectedly.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The discovery came unexpectedly while Lima and her team were studying two simple liquids in collaboration with ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering Company.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

But an undercover DEA investigation targeting Honduras’s government, led by the agency’s elite Special Operations Division, unexpectedly ensnared the nephews.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

I’d borrowed the car I was driving from Drew, so I told Mother something had come up unexpectedly, that Drew needed his car in Salt Lake.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover