blessing in disguise
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Many concluded it was worth trading rage bait on other platforms for earnest monologues about why getting laid off was a blessing in disguise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
But their failure to qualify for Europe might prove a blessing in disguise.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
Florian Wirtz, bought for £116m from Bayer Levekusen this summer, was out injured here - which might have been a blessing in disguise for him - but has also failed to produce.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
If we are forced to make our democracy anew in order to save it, then perhaps this moment of great peril is actually a blessing in disguise.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024
But now I'm thinking it might be a blessing in disguise, because in a weird way, I think it would have hurt my mom's feelings if I told my dad first.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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