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
“You fight hard, but at the end of the day you want to make sure you treat each other with respect,” said Hutchinson, who suggested Biden’s unbidden apology reflected “the good parts of American politics.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 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
The tears came unbidden, but I didn’t try to stop them.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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