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Adverb
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This is why the humor only intermittently lands.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
23 May 2026 -
Throughout the evening, Colbert complained about a strange noise paired with a green light that intermittently appeared behind his desk.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
Adverb
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That’s Duncan’s dilemma from the very beginning of this fitfully hilarious episode of The Audacity.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
19 Apr. 2026
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The filmmaker shows a strong handle over the film’s fanciful tone and fitfully filthy sense of humor, and he’s credited with composing the film’s score full of squawking brass instruments and skittish strings in addition to writing, directing and editing.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Tactics Deschamps started the tournament in Russia with a 4-3-3, which featured the highly exciting, mobile front three of Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele buzzing around unpredictably.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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During perimenopause, levels of estrogen and progesterone fluctuate unpredictably and gradually decline.—
Cathy Nelson,
Health,
29 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The game ran poorly, crashed regularly, looked unremarkable, and drove disjointedly.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Some folks in the band’s organization initially wanted to partner with a big beer company, but fortuitously, somebody countered idea with Dogfish Head.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2026
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Sixty years ago, the home opener happened to fortuitously fall during spring break.—
Raymond Daniel Burke,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Do painters unconsciously use similar shapes, contours or compositions to elicit an emotional response?—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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While critics have been tough on the Finnish director’s blending of human sentiment and thrashing violence and pyrotechnics, audiences know his brand – consciously or unconsciously.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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That decision drives the episode’s final sequence, in which Marcus inadvertently brings together two kids who should have grown up together, Avery Jarrett (née Stevens) and Alex Baldwin.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
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As funding shrinks, communities in hard-to-reach regions, where immunizing children is more expensive to begin with, may inadvertently lose out, exacerbating existing health disparities.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
Adverb
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Shot in 1914, the young men are unwittingly walking into the future, just as Sander himself was blazing a path others would follow.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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In the series, while visiting Japan on the ultimate foodie adventure, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy unwittingly unleash hundreds of mythical monsters that are causing trouble across the country.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
18 May 2026
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“Spottily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spottily. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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