irregular
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But by early August, only 1,087 irregular migrants who had reached Britain had been returned to France under the agreement.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
It said some of the officers and employees involved with previously disclosed irregular accounting still hold positions of responsibility in the financial reporting process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Along irregular coastlines and on small islands, the nearest grid cells are chosen to match the shape of the coastline or island, but no cells are further than 7km away.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The “All Night Long” singer-songwriter was hospitalized to receive treatment for an irregular heartbeat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“This is a rather irregular request, Mr. Keeley.”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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Of the distinct combats that historians have identified, more than 90% were not primarily fought by formally organized regular troops but instead involved district militias and other irregulars, including Native American warriors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
According to Mr. Adkins, a company of South Vietnamese irregulars defected when the battle looked bleakest and began firing on their former comrades from inside the camp.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2020
A small percentage of galaxies with more disorganized shapes are classified as irregulars.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Then he materialized, followed by a raggle-taggle army, Muhammad Ali’s irregulars, your basic rainbow coalition of the late 1960s, falling in step behind him, chanting: “Muhammad Ali is our champ! Muhammad Ali is our champ!”
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2016
They were irregulars, armed and clothed fragmentarily with junk taken from real soldiers who were newly dead.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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