intermittently

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"Our study suggests using them intermittently, then activating suction at intervals, might be better. That's because mosquitoes don't tend to stick around their target when both clues aren't used at the same time."

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

"Since the war began, GPS interference has occurred intermittently, but it has become much worse over the past three or four days," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

As children, Mrie and her sister, Alia, were obliged to plead with their father for money, which he supplied only intermittently.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Farmers and livestock growers last month scaled back a protest over subsidies and emergency support payments that had intermittently blocked highways nationwide since the end of November.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Olanna sat opposite three little children in threadbare clothes and slippers who giggled intermittently while their father gave them severe looks.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie