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"I was in the thick of it for both goals," admitted the unlucky substitute Neven Subotic, who had first involuntarily laid off the ball for Robert Lewandowski's equaliser, then lost the ball to Franck Ribéry and fouled the Frenchman in the box.
The worst of it is that Clinton managed to get everyone frothed into a tizzy with a video so unstoppably bland that, the first three times I tried to watch it, I involuntarily tuned out in the mistaken belief that I was watching a pre-roll advert for over-the-counter pharmaceuticals.
That sound you just heard in the background was a cry of anguish involuntarily springing from the lips of Lost in Showbiz, as it once more considered its lot in life and the stark contrast it presents to that of the men and women gainfully employed as service providers to people with more money than sense.
Ron Merkel QC, acting for 50 of those on board, including eight children aged from two years old and 21 women, said it was "irresistible" and clear that the Australian government planned to "involuntarily and by coercion" send the 153 asylum seekers to Sri Lanka despite the fact the boat departed from Pondicherry in southern India.
In a statement issued on Thursday evening, the UNHCR's regional office in Canberra said it had received no official confirmation from the government that the two boats were being turned back, but said: "International law prescribes that no individual can be returned involuntarily to a country in which he or she has a well-founded fear of persecution.
There have been many a time when I involuntarily started doing the "vibe" thing – you know, that awkward head-bopping, neck-jutting thing that overly enthusiastic record execs all do in unison at music meetings.
Gave them away, like our well-built weapons, only involuntarily.
As discerning tourists may notice, changes in demography and job patterns are altering the age distribution of stress.Begin with the early 20s, which across the recessionary West, but perhaps especially in Britain, with its high housing costs, are grimmer than in the past: 20-somethings are often indebted, jobless and stuck in an involuntarily protracted adolescence.
But from Rome's point of view it often seems the reverse it is saving the rest of the church from being involuntarily "Americanised".Like John Paul II, members of the Curia, the Vatican bureaucracy, strive to "think in centuries".
Since 1992, when Britain was involuntarily ejected from the European exchange-rate mechanism, the country has experienced its longest period of uninterrupted economic growth since the war.
According to the latest figures, there are 16.5 million Americans that are either short-term unemployed or involuntarily part-time.
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The adverb "involuntarily" functions primarily to modify verbs , indicating that an action or occurrence happens without conscious volition or control. As Ludwig AI confirms, it describes how something is done, emphasizing the absence of intention or will. For example, "Her leg twitched involuntarily."
Expression frequency: Very common
