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 Jenkins knows what his friend is trying to prevent: somehow tipping off the murderer. Vicky Ward, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025 And somehow that memory — faint and indistinct — might surpass anything Tim Burton might have been able to craft. Rance Collins, IndieWire, 14 July 2025 However, Nuñez and the Board of Trustees continued to defend the decision as somehow upholding the rule of law. Philip Stoddard, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025 Its ancestors are believed to have been flying rails that somehow reached the island — likely blown off course during a storm. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 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
Adverb
  • 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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  • No matter how Jones tries to spin things, his solutions are half baked and costly.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
  • But just weeks earlier, on sweltering afternoons in Orlando and Cincinnati, the stands were half empty.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025

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