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How to use the word Unfortunately in a Sentence?

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Historical parallels, unfortunately or happily, keep coming to the surface.

– Vasily Pavlov

Found on New York Times
9 months ago

While I agree, and we all agree Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian and economic situation, it is critical that our assistance not be diverted by the Taliban, unfortunately, as I sit here today, I can not assure this committee or the American taxpayer we are not currently funding the Taliban.

– John Sopko

Found on CNN
1 year ago

All these cities like Bakersfield and Visalia are in a valley near the forests that are seeing big fires. There’s also intense agricultural and industrial work there, so they unfortunately have all the worst conditions for air pollution.

– Tarik Benmarhnia

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Sadly, they also have very, very high levels of nicotine. Just the tobacco products themselves, they have really exploded. Part of it is the lack of regulation, and then on top of that, there’s these new oral nicotine products that are unfortunately gaining a lot of popularity from our youth.

– Susan Walley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Unfortunately, that doesn’t substantively change the timeline we described in our January report, if we play our cards right and shepherd more of the snowmelt to Great Salt Lake, this could buy us another two years. On the other hand, if we go back to business as usual, we could be back at an all-time low 18 months from now.

– Benjamin Abbott

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Unfortunately, these efforts have not materially improved the fundamental business challenges our stores are facing.

– New York

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We knew that the intent to attack us was there, but you never completely believe until, unfortunately, something horrific like war happens. everyone in Ukraine, of course, it’s more difficult for them.

– Oksana Markarova

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They took out the seats, the carpets, the panels – basically everything in the aircraft that they could strip at that point, they did, but once again, unfortunately with no success.

– Rudolf Erasmus

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Mortgage rates continue to trend down entering the traditional spring homebuying season, unfortunately, those in the market to buy are facing a number of challenges, not the least of which is the low inventory of homes for sale, especially for aspiring first-time homebuyers.

– Freddie Mac

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Deaths from firearm injuries are horrible tragedies, but they are unfortunately just the tip of the iceberg.

– Eric Fleegler

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s minimally invasive in this sick population versus what could be a three -, four-hour open surgery with large wounds, blood loss, cardiac risk, i think that this is going to expand the use of this technique for years to come for those people who, unfortunately, do n’t have options for a bypass.

– Christopher Abularrage

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In America, workers have the constitutional right to organize unions and engage in collective bargaining for higher wages and better working conditions, unfortunately Starbucks, under Mr. Schultz’s leadership, has done everything possible to prevent that from happening.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have made multiple good faith attempts to find common ground so we could see this critical piece of information. Unfortunately, Secretary Blinken has refused to provide the Dissent Cable and his response to the cable, forcing me to issue my first subpoena as chairman of this committee.

– Michael McCaul

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With a new crew working at Good Burger 2, Dex devises a plan to get back on his feet but unfortunately puts the fate of Good Burger 2 at risk once again.

– Kenan Thompson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My own father works excessively every week and there is no boundary between work and life, unfortunately, this is quite common in the workforce. Labor inspectors cannot watch every workplace 24/7. South Korean people will (remain) vulnerable to deadly overtime work.

– Jung Junsik

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Unfortunately, we have a staffing issue right now, as air traffic controllers. We are 1,200 certified professional controllers less now than we were 10 years ago, it’s time for us to accurately and adequately staff the facilities.

– Zack Wittman/Bloomberg/Getty

Found on CNN
1 year ago

During the Obama-Biden administration, we put in place tough requirements on banks like Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, including the Dodd-Frank law, to make sure the crisis we saw in 2008 would not happen again, unfortunately, the last administration rolled back some of these requirements. I’m going to ask Congress and the banking regulators to strengthen the rules for banks to make it less likely this kind of bank failure would happen again.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Since last summer military intelligence generals assumed a more prominent role as it dawned on Putin it was not a ‘special operation’ anymore but a conventional war, unfortunately, it means Putin’s readying the country for a long conventional war.

– Andrei Soldatov

Found on CNN
1 year ago

One person can impact our way of living, and unfortunately, we’re seeing the negative impacts of that from how Twitter is being run.

– Bim Ali

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Technology is the architecture of our reality – but unfortunately, that architecture can perpetuate inequality and injustice. Our job now is to challenge technology to serve us all, not just those who hold power and privilege.

– Nabiha Syed

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The ban of TikTok on federal devices passed in December without any deliberation, and unfortunately that approach has served as a blueprint for other world governments, we hope that when it comes to addressing national security concerns about TikTok beyond government devices, Congress will explore solutions that won’t have the effect of censoring the voices of millions of Americans.

– Brooke Oberwetter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The ban of TikTok on federal devices passed in December without any deliberation, and unfortunately that approach has served as a blueprint for other world governments.

– Brooke Oberwetter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I tell my clients, ‘Fully expect you’re going to be denied,’ that’s, unfortunately, just the process.

– Nancy Cavey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Unfortunately, derailments like this are preventable and they become inevitable when there’s more risk in the system, the industry has fought tooth and nail against safety regulations, but I also think that’s typical of any industry.

– Sarah Feinberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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