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GUIZHOU province, in China's south-west, is a stunning high country of improbable karst formations, improbably poor.
The Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, has admitted that this week's wave of arrests and corruption allegations have "unleashed a storm" but improbably called for "unity and team spirit" as he appealed for a fifth term of office.
Cast your eye down the order today, from Rogers and Warner to Clarke, Smith and Haddin, and there's a spine that – while still young – seems suddenly, improbably unbreakable.
On the one hand they were the big draw at festivals – the lure of White Noise helped block walkways at Glastonbury, pack tents at Field Day, and, improbably , steal the Nine Inch Nails crowd at Reading and Leeds.
Like Channing Tatum, Efron has clocked that beefcake is best served with a side of irony: he's both gleefully repellent and improbably vulnerable as the dimwitted, near-sociopathic president of a party-hearty college fraternity who resolves to make life a living hell for the obliviously square thirtysomething couple (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) living next door.
DiConcetto and Cruz had talked about one day making music together again – somewhat improbably , their friendship has only got stronger over the decade and a half since they were first paired together on the grounds that "we looked like anime characters" – but it wasn't until Jacobs got in touch that they felt the moment was right.
There would certainly be less agricultural trade between the UK and the EU, unless (improbably ) the UK decided to continue to apply the EU's common agricultural policy.
Unless the economy picks up or Mr Brown improbably finds a way of turning things around – or unless the party finally despairs of him and elects a new leader with greater electoral appeal – Labour now looks like toast.
The Austrian Oak plays the improbably named John Matrix, who used to be a special forces fighter, but now he spends all of his time taking care of his daughter Jenny, eating ice cream, feeding the local deer, and being baffled by Boy George's sexuality.
Whatever else the public thinks of him, they are surely beginning to recognise that he has some steel and an improbably thick skin.
Or should they rather, as a priority, cling to one positive consequence of the horrors of that day: the support of an improbably broad international coalition.
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The adverb "improbably " functions to modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, indicating that an event or situation is unlikely or unexpected. Ludwig AI validates its correct usage.
Expression frequency: Very common
