inconveniently
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“The beautiful multi-coloured ‘northern lights’—flickering shafts of light that lit up the sky—would at times, inconveniently for the Allies, provide just what the U- boat commanders needed to locate the convoys through their periscopes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
The allusive nature of “Fox” and its twist ending shows how greatness that comes from awfulness can be inconveniently, unquestioningly good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
Also interviewed was her agent Jon Roseman, who inconveniently had written a crime novel detailing a spookily similar scene.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2023
But inconveniently for journalists, this one does not map neatly to the made-up categories the government uses for statistical purposes.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2023
She touches a round white button on her uniform with what might be an inconveniently trembling finger.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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