innocuous
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Something as innocuous as filling in a survey at school "changed the course" of Emily Mapley's life after her family was made homeless when she was 13.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
That 1% seems innocuous, but September is the weakest month because so many more serious pullbacks happen then.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
“That innocuous little essay untangled some aching knot inside me,” she writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Meanwhile, online prediction markets have been less innocuous, launching bets about when and where the ceremony will take place.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
The caustic laxative worked so well that Hawley marketed it commercially under the disarmingly innocuous name Slim Jim.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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