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Recent Examples of mercifully
But finally, mercifully, at 9:08, the lights dimmed to signal the long wait had ended, and that the celebration of Shakira’s songs — and her seemingly eternal youth — had begun.
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2025
Here's a two-hour hover, mercifully compressed into a 30-second time-lapse video that still manages to get boring.
—New Atlas, 8 May 2025
There is enough meat here for more than one earnest debate-play, but mercifully, Rosenbatt hasn’t written it.
—David Benedict, Variety, 7 May 2025
Finally, 42 hours into the draft, the Cleveland Browns, who on Friday night raised eyebrows with the third-round selection of Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel, mercifully called Sanders to welcome him to the franchise.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2025
Here's a two-hour hover, mercifully compressed into a 30-second time-lapse video that still manages to get boring.
—New Atlas, 8 May 2025
There is enough meat here for more than one earnest debate-play, but mercifully, Rosenbatt hasn’t written it.
—David Benedict, Variety, 7 May 2025
Finally, 42 hours into the draft, the Cleveland Browns, who on Friday night raised eyebrows with the third-round selection of Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel, mercifully called Sanders to welcome him to the franchise.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Mercifully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercifully. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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