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Adverb
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But sadly, neither of the adoptions in recent years in either Madison or Michigan survived for long, the Smithsonian report says.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
31 July 2025 -
One of the biggest of these is a sadly inescapable one: What if Chadwick Boseman hadn’t died?—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
31 July 2025
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Sponsored by the gig companies, Prop. 22 effectively exempted their drivers, but unfortunately not all gig workers, from the severe controls imposed by Assembly Bill 5, which had been passed in 2018 mainly as an attack on gig companies.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025
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But unfortunately that is the religion for most people in a capitalist world.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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Well, regrettably, a lot of really lousy apps that purport to do mental health advisement could flood the marketplace.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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In medieval Europe through to the eighteenth century, people saw it as separate from the body—a substance extruded like, regrettably, excrement.—
Book Marks
August 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Some lived unhappily at the club, unable to maximise their talent or contribute to success.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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These checks on presidential powers have not only been heeded by the men in power, however unhappily, but have become part of case law.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2025
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“Tragically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragically. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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