unfortunate
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"The unfortunate thing is, it seems like when you figure out one thing the next year, it's something else."
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
The unfortunate reality is that mechanical failures are inevitable when U.S. trains collectively travel some 500 million miles a year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
“And it’s only an unfortunate circumstance of this huge epidemic that we were able to get samples and look at chains of transmission and really understand what the virus is doing to people.”
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
"But it is just so unfortunate, and I am hoping that in the next four weeks, things can be turned around."
From BBC • May 15, 2026
For Bobby, an unfortunate pattern emerged after that.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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