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Recent Examples of unfairly
And, at times, the defense hasn’t been up to the very high (probably unfairly high) standard the team set last season.
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Local officials have long maintained that the state’s density bonus law unfairly increases the burden on nearby roads and utilities such as water and sewer lines that were designed for lesser populations.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
The On Friday, Peters shared a post on the social media platform X, stating that Democrats are unfairly targeting her and Polis and alluding to her previous election claims.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 23 May 2026
But when Kennedy implied that exercising and avoiding junk food will save someone from the worst that measles can do, that unfairly places blame on those who do get seriously ill.
—Tom Levenson, Time, 20 May 2026
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Local officials have long maintained that the state’s density bonus law unfairly increases the burden on nearby roads and utilities such as water and sewer lines that were designed for lesser populations.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
The On Friday, Peters shared a post on the social media platform X, stating that Democrats are unfairly targeting her and Polis and alluding to her previous election claims.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 23 May 2026
But when Kennedy implied that exercising and avoiding junk food will save someone from the worst that measles can do, that unfairly places blame on those who do get seriously ill.
—Tom Levenson, Time, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfairly
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That creature cruelly draining and discarding the aged?—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
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Ekitike has been the only real success story among last summer’s arrivals — top-scoring with 17 goals before his season was cruelly ended by a ruptured Achilles in mid-April.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Her fury at Helios employees being treated so shabbily is matched only by her disbelief at Ger and his crew’s recklessness in allowing the consoles monitoring and controlling all of Happy Valley’s life-support systems and communications with the Titan mission unstaffed.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Young mother Rachel Nickell is brutally murdered in her own home, stabbed with scissors so viciously that a blade gets lodged in her skull.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
29 May 2026
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The marchers were viciously beaten by Alabama state troopers; Lewis suffered a skull fracture and was nearly killed.—
Jemele Hill,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Victim Nyron Shaw’s father said the driver who mowed his son down last year in Ocean Hill a day before Independence Day should face the maximum penalty for allegedly driving twice the speed limit and heartlessly taking off, leaving his son to die.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Ritter has disciplined Menapace after the lawmaker acted rudely or abusively to a committee clerk.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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In another famous tale, Hoja arrives at a feast wearing old and ragged clothes and is treated rudely.—
Perin Gürel,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Unfairly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfairly. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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