now and then
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"Yes, he does enjoy coming back every now and then - to see if everything's in order," Sepp Ankner, their chief finance officer, told The Athletic, external in 2024.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Every now and then a “Trixies” lyric would pop up, and I’d do something for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Every now and then, I am asked how dependent people are on Social Security.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Every now and then, he copy-pasted snippets of Claude’s thoughts into another Claude session to make sense of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Can’t a fellow take a little innocent amusement now and then without losing his respectability?” asked Laurie, looking nettled.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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