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Recent Examples of contrary to
BlueCo do not believe Chelsea is a difficult environment for a coach to work in, contrary to the view of many outside the club and the record of coaching instability at Stamford Bridge over the last four years.
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Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 19 May 2026
Moriarty added that, contrary to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) press release a day after the shooting on January 15, Castro was not hit with any shovels, brooms, or weapons of any kind at any time, as the federal agency described.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Recommendations were made contrary to the advice of federal scientists and the medical and public health community.
—Jesse L. Goodman, STAT, 18 May 2026
Hopefully through this personal interaction, students will learn writing and reading are not done in isolation and contrary to the hype of AI, can’t be done robotically by a human or otherwise.
—Matt Boedy, AJC.com, 18 May 2026
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Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 19 May 2026
Moriarty added that, contrary to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) press release a day after the shooting on January 15, Castro was not hit with any shovels, brooms, or weapons of any kind at any time, as the federal agency described.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Recommendations were made contrary to the advice of federal scientists and the medical and public health community.
—Jesse L. Goodman, STAT, 18 May 2026
Hopefully through this personal interaction, students will learn writing and reading are not done in isolation and contrary to the hype of AI, can’t be done robotically by a human or otherwise.
—Matt Boedy, AJC.com, 18 May 2026
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Preposition
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Hur’s yearlong investigation led to a 345-page report that questioned Biden’s age and mental competence but recommended no criminal charges against the then-81-year-old.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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Spielberg is hardly the first major Hollywood figure to speak out against the use of AI in movies.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
28 May 2026
Preposition
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An obstructionist Supreme Court, however, stood athwart the New Deal’s path.—
John Fabian Witt,
The New Republic,
26 Aug. 2022
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One of the world’s largest container ships was wedged athwart the Suez Canal on March 23rd, blown off course by high winds.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
27 Mar. 2021
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