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erratically

[ih-rat-ik-lee] / ɪˈræt ɪk li /
ADVERB
intermittently
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She was arrested on 4 March on a southern California highway after driving her BMW "erratically at a high rate of speed", authorities said.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

“Rebel English Academy” reprises the excoriating humor of that debut, but only erratically.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

“Markets can gyrate and change their opinions regularly, erratically, and are often quite wrong,” said Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of global fixed income, in emailed comments Friday.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026

Nick Reiner, who lived in a guest property at his parents' home, had attended comedian Conan O'Brien's glitzy party on Saturday, December 13 with his parents, where some attendees reportedly spoke of his behaving erratically.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

Zhenya Prokhorova had taken off one night for a training flight when Commander Aleksandr Gridnev noticed that she was flying erratically.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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