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Adverb
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Flashing lights and costumed officers flood the theater, as Bernthal and Hecht awkwardly try to get the audience to chant along.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026 -
Out in the middle of current-day Edwards Air Force Base — one of the largest airfields in the world, at some 480 square miles — a small team began the X-plane program, a series of experimental aircraft designed to travel faster, higher and (purposefully) more awkwardly than ever before.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Some -- sometimes, unfortunately, some of those briefings leak.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps unfortunately for Flagg, some ROY voters probably tuned out the Mavericks during this 4-24 late-season skid, but according to the betting platform Kalshi, Knueppel’s percentage lead dipped from 60%-40% to start this week to 52%-46% on Wednesday.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Ungracefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungracefully. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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