unfortunately
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"As a police officer, you get to see the worst side of a community and unfortunately, Salford and what I saw in 14 years….individuals make threats like that, quite often."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
"The conflict in Sudan, unfortunately, has been forgotten. And this is a conflict that has really reflected tremendous humanitarian suffering," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The strategy worked for countless previous storms but unfortunately not the latest one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"Colorectal cancer is, unfortunately, becoming more common in adolescents and young adults and represents a different disease than colorectal cancer diagnosed in older adults," said study author and pediatric surgery research fellow Erica Arnold, MD.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
He calculated that the Earth was 89 million years old–an age that fit neatly enough with Kelvin’s assumptions but unfortunately not with reality.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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