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Recent Examples of somehow
That would be the Skating Club of Boston’s Maxim Naumov, who somehow found a way to devote a full year to qualifying for these Olympics — his first — while dealing with unimaginable tragedy.
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Steve Buckley, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Even cursory nods to the pandemic as the root cause of neighbors turning against neighbors aren’t explored so much as they’re acknowledged, as if viewers are somehow unaware of the polarization plaguing America.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
The music was intimidating—funk and bebop, Afro-Caribbean—but Don was patient, somehow both meticulous and mellow.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Well, all of them but Tara and Johnny, who somehow missed the memo.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
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Steve Buckley, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Even cursory nods to the pandemic as the root cause of neighbors turning against neighbors aren’t explored so much as they’re acknowledged, as if viewers are somehow unaware of the polarization plaguing America.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
The music was intimidating—funk and bebop, Afro-Caribbean—but Don was patient, somehow both meticulous and mellow.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Well, all of them but Tara and Johnny, who somehow missed the memo.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for somehow
Adverb
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Gu, too, is no longer the 18-year-old in Beijing who became the youngest-ever Olympic freestyle skiing champion.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Not only because we were seen on the highest platform ever, but because we were received with so much love.—
Andrés Soto,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Below, the five distinct fashion trends that had their heyday 10 whole years ago but which are, someway and somehow, appearing in our shopping carts yet again.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Well, somehow, someway, the Steelers have a winning record and host a playoff game.—
Austin Mock,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Somehow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somehow. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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