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The air traffic controllers’ union has urged members to keep working during the shutdown, despite not receiving pay, but a rise in employee absences has been the unsurprising outcome as the stalemate drags on.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
This may be unsurprising given the slasher’s… other habits, but with spooky season officially here, even ordinarily sensible people have a tendency to throw caution to the wind with a chainsaw in their hands.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
But some believers continue to hold out hope, which Schnabel said is unsurprising.
—Dalila Muata, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
What Notre Dame put on tape at Hard Rock Stadium was unsurprising (a young quarterback finding his footing and a new defensive coordinator adjusting to his personnel), but the specific failures were jarring (an offensive line overrun and a Heisman-level running back shelved by choice).
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
This may be unsurprising given the slasher’s… other habits, but with spooky season officially here, even ordinarily sensible people have a tendency to throw caution to the wind with a chainsaw in their hands.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
But some believers continue to hold out hope, which Schnabel said is unsurprising.
—Dalila Muata, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
What Notre Dame put on tape at Hard Rock Stadium was unsurprising (a young quarterback finding his footing and a new defensive coordinator adjusting to his personnel), but the specific failures were jarring (an offensive line overrun and a Heisman-level running back shelved by choice).
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Unsurprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsurprising. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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