fortunately

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Quickly, it became apparent that the heat pump didn't work properly, but fortunately it was under guarantee and once it had been replaced it worked very well indeed.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

And fortunately enough, everybody’s interests were aligned on that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

The author relates her principal story, of the two sisters, in the present tense, while keeping historical context in the past—an idiosyncratic choice that, fortunately, doesn’t derail the book’s narrative momentum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

"They gave it everything they had. Unfortunately somebody's got to win that game and fortunately for the Dodgers we got Freddie Freeman on our team."

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

Her father’s opinion was that “we can’t keep them cooped up forever,” and fortunately he won—on the condition that Marshall and Melanie promise not to play alone.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder