otherwise

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Overnight Saturday and into Sunday, firefighters removed portions of the wall to improve access and to allow firefighters to advance into areas that were otherwise inaccessible.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026

Authorities opened 24-hour relief centers for people unable to otherwise escape the smoke.

From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026

Did Gordon Granger, an otherwise obscure Union Army general, really stroll into Galveston and read a decree from President Abraham Lincoln declaring, to a sea of onlookers, that all enslaved people were now officially free?

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026

He would otherwise be barred from doing so without a seat in Parliament, making the Labour leadership a key issue in the contest in Makerfield, just south of Wigan.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

He rubbed the fresh bump at the top of his skull and winced, but he seemed otherwise unharmed.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood