fits and starts
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Since then, Doustdar has been tasked with rebuilding the company — which he is doing, in fits and starts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
I am sure of it not because I remember writing this thing in fits and starts throughout Saturday, but because an A.I. detector called Pangram blessed these paragraphs with a “100% Human Written” score.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
But while the landmark itself underwent years of painstaking conservation, which was recently halted at 90% complete, the arts campus surrounding it evolved in fits and starts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Forward guidance as currently practiced by the Fed evolved in fits and starts, each fit or start motivated by some idiosyncratic event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Both of them moved in fits and starts, trying to get their limbs to obey, shuddering with cold.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
