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Over the years Lugt assembled a near-complete set of Rembrandt’s prints; Frick bought some too, but unadventurously, and just a few.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2011

“I suppose you’d like him to marry in Cincinnati,” Mrs. Freer not unadventurously threw out.

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry

Winslow received the usual rewards of promotion and the thanks of Congress, and passed the remainder of his life unadventurously in the navy service.

From American Men of Action by Stevenson, Burton Egbert