unbeknownst
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A brash and confident young earthbending prodigy, Toph moonlights as a champion fighter called the Blind Bandit, unbeknownst to her overprotective upper-class parents who think their little girl is helpless.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Meanwhile—“Ragtime” is a show of many meanwhiles—the increasingly successful Coalhouse, unbeknownst to him the father of the child, goes in search of Sarah, and eventually finds her and begins a dedicated courtship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
But unbeknownst to the miners, Murderbot has been able to hack its governor module, its system, so it's gained autonomy, free will.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025
“It’s unbeknownst to us why Mary J. Blige and her camp completely cut off Miss Hylton,” he told LoRosa, who played the conversation Wednesday on the Breakfast Club.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
But unbeknownst to them, the entire interaction was witnessed by one of my dayee Shahrdad's friends.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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