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While the broad move toward cord cutting and a la carte programming has put significant pressure on pay-TV providers, it has also created a plethora of unforeseen problems for streaming services.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

The document says pressures facing European countries have either changed significant or were unforeseen at the time the human rights convention was drafted.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

His intense focus can help take the emotion out of any unforeseen circumstance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

“It’s more complicated now because China has moved toward formalizing these rules. The threat is omnipresent and it’s sometimes used in unforeseen ways.”

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Colonel Roque Carnicero, who was his chief of staff then, gave him the telegram with a look of consternation, but he read it with unforeseen joy.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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