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inconveniently

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“The beautiful multi-coloured ‘northern lights’—flickering shafts of light that lit up the sky—would at times, inconveniently for the Allies, provide just what the U- boat commanders needed to locate the convoys through their periscopes.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

Also interviewed was her agent Jon Roseman, who inconveniently had written a crime novel detailing a spookily similar scene.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2023

But inconveniently for journalists, this one does not map neatly to the made-up categories the government uses for statistical purposes.

From Slate Jan. 30, 2023

Their NFL-record streak of starting a season with a touchdown in 11 straight quarters ended inconveniently in the fourth.

From Seattle Times Sep. 25, 2022

She touches a round white button on her uniform with what might be an inconveniently trembling finger.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr