unforeseeable
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“This incident was clearly not an unforeseeable accident as GKN has a well-documented history of regulatory violations at the site dating back over a decade,” states the letter, which was obtained by The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Since then, for a host of complicated and mostly unforeseeable reasons, disparate circumstances across the region incline, slowly, in a promising direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Hadil Haidar, 22, from Kingston dropped out of university after two years due to "unforeseeable circumstances".
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
He said the accident in Andalusia was "preventable, not an unforeseeable catastrophe" and blasted the government for not apologising and "taking responsibility".
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
And, by an unforeseeable paradox, it was my career in the church that turned out, precisely, to be my gimmick.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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