spontaneous
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“In his zealous and highly scrutinized representation, Dershowitz made a spontaneous series of remarks before Congress that, he says, were misinterpreted by pundits,” Judge Britt Grant, a Trump appointee wrote for the 11th Circuit Court.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
They were also located in a layer that lacked guano deposits, ruling out spontaneous combustion as an explanation.
From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026
While restaurant and bar hangouts can be spontaneous, dinner parties require more thought and planning.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026
From here Jalen Brunson will seldom enter a room in New York City without teary strangers saying thank you, without grateful locals breaking into spontaneous, extended applause.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
Not only that, he said, but there had been no new examples of “so-called spontaneous transformed human cell cultures” since.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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