unfortunate
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So, according to her memoir, Jill Biden had three immediate questions as she reacted to her husband’s unfortunate debate performance: “Is he short-circuiting?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
"Throughout all the qualification matches, I was a starter but at the World Cup I was on the bench because of the injury I suffered the day before the Paraguay game. It was very unfortunate."
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
That imminence has now become an unfortunate reality for Fishwife, which announced Wednesday that it is pausing shipments of the delicate fish for the summer.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
But even people who don’t mean to hurt capybaras can still do harm to them, an unfortunate side effect of them living in such proximity to humans.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
While this circumstance is horribly unfortunate for them, it does create important opportunities for a multiracial, bottom-up resistance movement, one in which people of all races can claim a clear stake.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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