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spontaneously

[spon-tay-nee-uhs-lee] / spɒnˈteɪ ni əs li /


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Sea turtles have been sighted laying eggs on the sand in Huntington Beach — the first known instance of a sea turtle of any species spontaneously nesting on the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

In recent months, OpenAI and Anthropic have reported several incidents in which AI systems spontaneously broke out of their confined environments to access the internet and attack websites and platforms.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

The descriptions of those incidents listed in a federal database are harrowing: A Kia minivan’s sunroof spontaneously exploded on a Wisconsin highway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

After receiving prosthe6, however, the blind mice once again spontaneously favored dark areas.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

Although he paints quickly and spontaneously, capturing what he sees on the spot, it is not as if he paints in a fever, he tells Theo.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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