not on purpose
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What someone said later is, "It was a show that was built for streaming not on purpose."
From Salon ● May 30, 2024
Surely, the Japanese correspondent was shot accidentally, not on purpose.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
The priests tend to act as arbiters, "and the groups tended not to kill them, at least not on purpose".
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2021
Absolutely not on purpose, but you could look at it through that lens.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2021
Yolanda, the third of the four girls, became a schoolteacher but not on purpose.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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