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unprovoked

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Sometimes, he said, the occupants will shout at him and other neighbors unprovoked.

"Derby County can confirm that Andre Wisdom has been the victim of an unprovoked assault and robbery," read a club statement, external two days later.

From BBC

The framework would retain California’s independent redistricting commission while temporarily adopting new congressional districts only if other states engage in similar redistricting, positioning it as a contingent response rather than an unprovoked action.

"Totally unprovoked, this violence was directed against two people who had simply reached out to help someone they believed to be in distress," he told the congregation.

From BBC

He spoke for about eight minutes, carefully avoiding any mention of how the war began – with a striking and unprovoked act by Russia.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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