every so often
Example Sentences
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IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said the risk in the sector “keeps me awake every so often at night.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
But every so often the 34-year-old mayor says something that reveals his harder-edged politics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Streaming may have emptied theaters, but every so often a film breaks out, and crowds gather for the shared experience of something alive.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
"I talk to Lee every so often, we are good colleagues and have seen each other at a number of Uefa meetings," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025
Her shoulders bobbed up and down, and she whimpered quietly, every so often wiping her face with the edge of Héctor’s baby blanket.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.