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Adjective
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Her old boss Raymond King (J.K. Simmons), someone Chris had helped, was shot dead in LA and left a wall of random evidence involving a broken family, human trafficking and global assassinations.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025 -
The company, which started in 2015 and sells itself as a meal kit service, is actually closer to an online grocery store than a place that’s going to send you half an onion wrapped in plastic and a tiny baggy of cumin to make some so-so black bean tacos or a random stir fry.—
Carina Finn,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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From awkward silences and Wi-Fi lags to unintentional mute mishaps, there are countless ways virtual conversations can detract from your personal brand.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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One organization is notorious for an unintentional form of this prejudice: animal shelters.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2025
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Defendant referred to victim in past tense, detective testifies Cousins’ status as a possible suspect was strengthened by his inadvertent language missteps in his first interview with a Fort Worth Police Department Homicide Unit detective, the jury learned on Tuesday.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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Skinner has been out of commission since getting an inadvertent knee in the head from the Dallas Stars’ Mikko Rantanen on March 26.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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The public, too, could become less tolerant of state action as DOGE’s drive to move fast yields haphazard mistakes.—
Brian Deese,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Too often, deals in the creator space are haphazard or misaligned.—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have gotten rid of divisions that oversee databases on things like accidental deaths and injuries, including fatal shootings, poisonings and motor vehicle crashes.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Their partnership was born from an accidental introduction at a content conference in Miami.—
Matthew Kayse,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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As a result, the county worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to get an incidental take permit.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2025
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Overfishing — whether targeted or incidental — is their biggest threat, with many caught unintentionally and discarded as bycatch.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Kilmer plays Nick Rivers, a dashing rock ’n’ roller in the Elvis Presley mold who becomes an unwitting cog in a plot to reunite Germany when he is sent to perform at a cultural festival.—
Hank Sanders,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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Greenland became an unwitting combatant, and the United States stepped in, not to conquer but to protect.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2025
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On April 28th, a sudden frequency drop in Spain’s power grid triggered cascading shutdowns, leaving millions without power.—
Mark Le Dain,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Then, all of a sudden, one of those teams had one of the top five players in the league fall right in its lap.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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“Nondeliberate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondeliberate. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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