not infrequently
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Throughout history, he added, the Christian mission “has not infrequently been distorted by a desire for domination, entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.”
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
"We see children with complaints of depression and anxiety from the ages of six onwards not infrequently," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
They also happen to be, not infrequently, laugh-out-loud funny.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
Audiences were not infrequently treated to a blackened screen and the slap-slap-slapping of a spent film, spinning away, unattended.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
He was, if you like, presidential where he should have been parliamentary—a complaint that has not infrequently been made of his successor, the great wartime premier Tony Blair.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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