Recent Examples on the WebOf course, that means that many of the winners were unsurprising—a symptom of a long and ever-growing awards season that anoints favorites months in advance, and is particularly susceptible to a juggernaut like Oppenheimer.—David Sims, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024 Sam Sewell, a licensed and certified professional midwife who has served clients across the D.C. region, previously told The Washington Post that the Williamses’ predicament is unsurprising.—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024 This is unsurprising given the relatively lackluster campaign run by the PML-N.—Sarah Khan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2024 His morally questionable comments are unsurprising.—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2024 Many of the names were unsurprising, the subjects of years of rumor.—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024 This is unsurprising since social media plays a pivotal role in much of younger generations’ lives.—Jasmine Browley, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024 Previous observations had shown no water at all—which was unsurprising, given that water would be hard-pressed to survive the intense radiation so close to the star.—Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024 The British Academy has unveiled the results of the first round of voting across all 24 categories for the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards, with a perhaps unsurprising trio of films at the top.—Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Jan. 2024
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