suddenly
Britishadverb
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Hamasaki, who was in Shanghai as part of her Asia tour, said she was suddenly asked on Friday to cancel her concert.
From BBC
The vessel with the name Talara was heading through the Strait of Hormuz when it suddenly changed course towards Iranian waters.
From Barron's
After years of riding a wellness wave, they’ve suddenly found themselves squeezed between rising costs and a jittery consumer.
Around midnight a thick fog had suddenly amassed, reducing visibility to less than two ship lengths.
The plane suddenly nosedived as it travelled between Cancun in Mexico and Newark in the United States, and pilots had to land in Tampa, Florida.
From Barron's
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