unfortunate
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“We heard that … there was only one water station, which was unfortunate because there was just not enough water for everyone,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
But the film merely gestures to its own unfortunate place in history, without ever cementing it as a tragedy.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
He said the situation between the Little League and Santa Fe Springs was unfortunate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Now cruise stocks have hit their first serious bout of turbulence as growing industry capacity collides with the effects of the Iran war and some unfortunate weather, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“It is a most unfortunate habit, and I sincerely wish you would stop.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Now that I’ve seen the show – me, and the few thousand other unfortunates rubbernecking at this terrible accident – I’m here to assure you that this was never about us.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The variety of goals that the Japanese striker scores is astonishing, but all of them have one thing in common - speed of thought that bewilders the unfortunates tasked with the job of marking him.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2023
As for so many unfortunates before me, it was the big city and all its glittering temptations that brought about my ruin.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2020
These unfortunates are forced to live in hiding in the attics and basements of the sympathetic forgetful.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2020
Most people probably enjoyed the close intimacy of the roaming band, but those unfortunates who incurred the hostility or mockery of their fellow band members probably suffered terribly.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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