somehow

as in ever
in a way that is not known or certain Somehow we got lost. She somehow managed to find her earring in the sand. It will all work out somehow.

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Recent Examples of somehow But somehow, Witt avoided the incoming tag with a terrific slide. Kansas City Star, 4 July 2025 Salt air somehow makes even the yummiest ones taste better. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 July 2025 Glusman is perfectly fine, but the writing leaves this figure too much of a naif to seem threatening or to be credible when Elliot somehow circumvents Sophie’s protective barriers. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 July 2025 These false starts are somehow exhausting, lacking in suspense. Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for somehow
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Adverb
  • The optimism of the era and the wonder of space exploration are also key to Taylor Jenkin Reid’s latest novel, Atmosphere, which follows Joan Goodwin, a member of the 1980s space shuttle program (and only the second class of female astronauts at NASA ever).
    Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 15 July 2025
  • She was found as a lost dog on Route 22, but no one ever came for her, and she's been waiting for a home ever since.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
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  • Don’t try to spin things because you guys feel [someway] about Miami.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
  • All of which puts it someway behind high-profile rivals and critics of the couple.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
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  • Today, 3 of every 10 schools are half empty, and 47 operate at less than a third of capacity, including Frederick Douglass Academy High School, which spends $93,000 for each of its 28 students.
    Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
  • The Fold 7 is as large as any flagship smartphone, and the Flip 7 is half as much when closed.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 July 2025

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