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Penguins star Sidney Crosby became the ninth player in NHL history to score 1,700 points, but acknowledged the awkwardness of speaking about the milestone while the fan incident was still unfolding.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025 -
But the Khourys were different, self-consciously inclusive, inviting often inappropriate local guests—gun nuts, fellow pickleballers, smiling evangelicals, conspiracy theorists, and cabinetmakers—to their gatherings, despite the likely awkwardness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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Not two years later this tower was to collapse precipitately under its own weight into a pyramid of dust and rubble, only to be rebuilt later, in, unaccountably, all its former gracelessness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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The clumsiness feels important in other ways, too.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
23 Oct. 2025
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Police in Oklahoma witnessed the clumsiness of nature when a wildlife rescue turned from pure-hearted Disney moment into Discovery channel outtake, video shows.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Unhandiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhandiness. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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