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• a  not causing surprise

• The situation looks grim, which is unsurprising because this situation usually looks grim, except when it looks promising, which is inevitably followed by its looking grim again.
• This is unsurprising -- every post-World War II President who has served a full term, save Eisenhower, has seen his approval rating drop below 50% at some point in his first term.
• The surreal carnival of violent depravity is made all the more horrifying when seen from the point of view of a boy who perceives all this as unsurprising and normal: He knows no .

• surprising

News & Articles

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• Michaud bid shakes up LePage, Cutler match-up and 2nd District
  U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud’s decision to “explore” a gubernatorial run is both unsurprising and a little surprising.
  June 15, 2013 - Bangor Daily News
• The Big Bang Theory Wins Big At Critics Choice TV Awards
  The Big Bang Theory has proven to be very popular among TV watchers. It must be unsurprising then to see the TV critics agree. Reuters reports that The Big Bang Theory walked away with the best comedy award at the …
  June 12, 2013 - WebProNews
• MSGOP Issues Anti-Obamacare Resolution
  In a unanimous and completely unsurprising move, the Mississippi Republican Central Committee rejected the federal Affordable Care Act, which Congress passed three years ago.
  June 11, 2013 - Jackson Free Press

Quotes

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• Charles Schumer in BusinessWeek
  A Treasury Department report on global currencies released today "is as disappointing as it is unsurprising," Schumer, a New York Democrat and member of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a statement. "It's clear it will take an act of...
• Bashar Assad in FOXNews
  On Monday, Syrian President Bashar Assad told a summit of Arab leaders that the "real aim of Israel's recently elected government is against peace" and that the composition of the incoming Cabinet is a "clear, unsurprising message to us."
• Wayne Swan in International Herald Tribune
  Our economy did contract in the December quarter, but by far less than other developed economies,Treasurer Wayne Swan told a news conference. "This is a sobering but unsurprising outcome, because I think it does illustrate the full impact...