unbeknownst
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A brash and confident young earthbending prodigy, Toph moonlights as a champion fighter called the Blind Bandit, unbeknownst to her overprotective upper-class parents who think their little girl is helpless.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
But, unbeknownst to many observers at the time, Graham was enduring even more withering pressures, with determination that was all the more impressive for being almost entirely invisible.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Meanwhile—“Ragtime” is a show of many meanwhiles—the increasingly successful Coalhouse, unbeknownst to him the father of the child, goes in search of Sarah, and eventually finds her and begins a dedicated courtship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
But unbeknownst to the miners, Murderbot has been able to hack its governor module, its system, so it's gained autonomy, free will.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025
But unbeknownst to King, Johnson went significantly further than cutting off contact.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
Vocabulary lists containing unbeknownst
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