unintended

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But as with Iraq, the war may produce unintended consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Baroness Lloyd added the amendment "could risk unintended consequences and it would mean acting before listening to what the consultation tells us and what parents and children need".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Bill Plaschke spoke a quiet and perhaps unintended truth in his column praising the competitiveness of the World Baseball Classic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

"Our future goal is to create the next generation of tissue-specific therapies that preserve therapeutic benefit while reducing unintended systemic effects," said Elgendy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

But the suspension of study privileges had an unintended benefit, and that was that I began to read books that I would not otherwise have read.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela