unexpectedly

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

In 1904, at 23, she married David Freeman-Mitford, a Boer War veteran who soon, unexpectedly, became Baron Redesdale after the deaths of his elder brother and father.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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

Perhaps more unexpectedly, some of her financial strains have also started to ease.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Then, unexpectedly, the names of strangers started appearing in a guest book which we kept in the front room.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey