unprovoked
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Once farmers and ranchers arrived in California, their stock of calves and pigs and crops were a bear buffet, and that got bears killed much more often than any unprovoked attacks on humans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The legal system treated Fraser as a victim, a man simply defending himself from an unprovoked attack.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Kabul in turn has accused Islamabad of carrying out unprovoked attacks which kill civilians.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
“These constant, unprovoked attacks are senseless. As for my popularity, being your friend certainly has not helped,” Meloni responded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
In New Hampshire there has not been an unprovoked fatal attack on a human by a bear since 1784.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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