as in sympathetically
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So after the season mercifully ended, the coach met with Dan Beckerman, the chief executive and president of AEG, the Galaxy’s parent company, and asked for help.
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Though the product keeps the hair in place come what may (including humidity), the hairspray leaves the hair touchable, lifted, and mercifully crunch-free.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 26 Nov. 2024
The second season mercifully pulls back on this, with Velma back to solving mysteries but sporting less toxic traits (just routine stuff like faking the occult to make a cool new kid look less smooth).
—Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
The guns might mercifully fall silent for now, but if history is any indication, the long war between Israel and Hamas will continue, in one form or another.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Though the product keeps the hair in place come what may (including humidity), the hairspray leaves the hair touchable, lifted, and mercifully crunch-free.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 26 Nov. 2024
The second season mercifully pulls back on this, with Velma back to solving mysteries but sporting less toxic traits (just routine stuff like faking the occult to make a cool new kid look less smooth).
—Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
The guns might mercifully fall silent for now, but if history is any indication, the long war between Israel and Hamas will continue, in one form or another.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Mercifully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercifully. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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