fits and starts
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The affordability tour has only happened in fits and starts, however, and the president has not always stuck to the script.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
Breaks in the investigation have come in fits and starts.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
After a courtship that unfurled in fits and starts, they married in 1996.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
After fits and starts, Apple seems to have a plan on the AI front.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
So by fits and starts, she followed Yuko into Islam.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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