Just last week,the Commerce Department reported an unexpected drop in December in the number of housing starts by builders.

VOA: special.2011.01.24

Examples include large medical bills, the loss of financial aid or an unexpected change in the financial condition of their source of support.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

It is used sometimes to describe a political move that leads to an unexpected win.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

About thirty percent of Americans buy policies to cover unexpected problems when they travel.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

She wanted to represent life on a ship in an unexpected way.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

He says science must expect results that are unexpected and unmeant.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

But a person who threw a curve ball did something unexpected.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

So,barring any unexpected problems, her chances for confirmation seem strong.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

Before this could happen, something very unexpected took place.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

This past summer, Anjulie had some unexpected good news.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

The discovery of glycine was not completely unexpected.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

Instead,what Stephanie Kwolek produced was unexpected.

VOA: special.2011.03.01

And,the activists have some unexpected helpers.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

Instead, what Stephanie Kwolek produced was unexpected.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

Expect the unexpected. And learn concentration.

VOA: special.2011.05.16

Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson went on to produce a series of successful films, including Bad Boys, Crimson Tide and Dangerous Minds. The Rock was the team's last film together before the unexpected death of Don Simpson in nineteen ninety-six.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said he called to wake President Obama early Thursday with the unexpected news.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

While the top police official gained some unexpected supporters, there was criticism as well from various sectors of society, including separatists.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

Splice uses unexpected flashes of dark humor to defuse the tension as it draws the audience into ever-more shocking story turns.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

And with higher sea levels, heavy rains and massive tides known as storm surges, which often accompany tropical storms, can do unexpected damage.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

But what's unexpected about that is that our closest evolutionary relatives, chimpanzees and gorillas,don't do that.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

In Tbilisi, Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili told VOA the Russian move is not unexpected.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

"The most important finding was this unexpected increase in gastric cancer rates in young U.S.whites."

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

Banks that received money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program reaped unexpected profits and repaid billions in loans, resulting in a record for the Federal Reserve.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15