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Recent Examples of unfairly
The rows will raise US-European tensions, with Washington long arguing that EU regulations unfairly target American tech firms.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 10 June 2026
These headlines, perhaps unfairly, have dominated recent discourse about the city’s art scene.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026
Meanwhile, the legitimate Ebola crisis in Africa has unfairly cast suspicion on all official and unofficial visitors from that continent.
—Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026
Steven Spielberg is sometimes unfairly tagged as the ultimate Boomer, repeatedly harkening back to the entertainment that spellbound him in his youth.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 10 June 2026
These headlines, perhaps unfairly, have dominated recent discourse about the city’s art scene.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026
Meanwhile, the legitimate Ebola crisis in Africa has unfairly cast suspicion on all official and unofficial visitors from that continent.
—Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026
Steven Spielberg is sometimes unfairly tagged as the ultimate Boomer, repeatedly harkening back to the entertainment that spellbound him in his youth.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfairly
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Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause.—
Joanna Ossinger,Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Their 2-0 home win over Fulham came after Josh King was cruelly denied his first Premier League goal by an incorrect VAR intervention, with Rodrigo Muniz penalised for standing on Chalobah’s foot.—
Graham Scott,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Her fury at Helios employees being treated so shabbily is matched only by her disbelief at Ger and his crew’s recklessness in allowing the consoles monitoring and controlling all of Happy Valley’s life-support systems and communications with the Titan mission unstaffed.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Given how suspiciously and viciously the team’s fans reacted to their ownership through the years, the Kroenkes deserved this snapshot.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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And then Daniel Durtson viciously went off on Taylor in the BB bathroom.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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Victim Nyron Shaw’s father said the driver who mowed his son down last year in Ocean Hill a day before Independence Day should face the maximum penalty for allegedly driving twice the speed limit and heartlessly taking off, leaving his son to die.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Ritter has disciplined Menapace after the lawmaker acted rudely or abusively to a committee clerk.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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In another famous tale, Hoja arrives at a feast wearing old and ragged clothes and is treated rudely.—
Perin Gürel,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Unfairly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfairly. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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