ad hoc
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But as the program makes clear, millions are scammed each year by an ad hoc industry devoted to separating unwitting internet users from their money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The tribes hope it will turn their ad hoc emergency work — which has coincided with an increase of chi in the lake — into a lasting strategy to protect the fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some have been driving pipes into the earth, making ad hoc irrigation systems to combat subterranean fires.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
“We’ve become really addicted to these ad hoc payments,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
The Troper is not unique, though: between about 650 and 1000, an ad hoc system of small, above-the-text markings became more common in chant books all over Western Europe.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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