fits and starts
Example Sentences
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the live music industry has been operating in fits and starts over the past two years.
From Los Angeles Times
After days of fits and starts, an agreement finally came together early Saturday morning as senators of both parties itched to begin their holiday recess.
From Washington Post
Those fits and starts are also evident in quotidian ways.
From New York Times
As with those star turns, the illusion seizes hold in fits and starts, but you’re fortunately in the hands of an actor with more to recommend her than strict verisimilitude.
From Los Angeles Times
“The availability is still a little bit in fits and starts,” said Gigi Gronvall, a testing expert at Johns Hopkins University.
From New York Times
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