unbidden
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Like Golitsyn, Lyalin was also a “walk-in”: a Soviet agent who offered himself up, unbidden, to MI5.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Getting a Doan's Bundt cake from Cruise unbidden reinforces the recipient’s high-level social status.
From Salon ● May 7, 2024
And like Peter Falk’s immortal gumshoe, Elsbeth — who will insert herself unbidden into an investigation — asks a lot of questions, some merely out of curiosity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
So, unbidden and unpaid, Hayes proposed to Henry Van Baalen, head of the Haub family trust, that German billionaires Erivan and Helga Haub, longtime visitors to the Methow, buy Sun Mountain.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
It seemed only a few heartbeats after she took her leave that the door opened again, and Jojen Reed entered unbidden, with his sister Meera behind him.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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