untoward
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When Manchester City's Antoine Semenyo thought he had scored a second goal in Tuesday's 2-0 win at Newcastle United, no-one seemed to have a clue there was anything untoward.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
Is she doing something untoward with his money?
From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025
“There were times during those days that we did not make it to school due to inclement weather or some other untoward event,” she wrote in a biographical post on the McAdoo Center website.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025
There isn’t necessarily anything untoward about these arrangements.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
The only untoward incident he had was that someone once stepped on his newly polished shoes—on purpose, he said.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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