intermittently
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Even domestic messaging platforms, such as Rubika and Bale, work only intermittently.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
"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
According MarineTraffic data analysed by AFP on Friday, only nine commercial ships -- tankers, cargo vessels and container ships -- had been detected crossing the strait since Monday, with some intermittently masking their position.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Despite the presence of mild frost on the part of Mira, whose face intermittently flickers with anxiety, disorientation and more deeply buried feelings, she and Beckett have accepted Edgar’s invitation to stop by.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The discomfort had started some hours before, intermittently; now it was nonstop.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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