occasional
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Harding has since become a favorite, if occasional, L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Rollins also crossed over to a non-jazz audience with occasional forays into rock, most notably his appearances on The Rolling Stones' 1981 album "Tattoo You."
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Parts of north-west Scotland are expected to stay fairly cloudy at times, with some occasional rain likely and temperatures in the lower-teens.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Yet, despite this occasional datedness, “Love and Death in the American Novel” remains wonderfully alive, being iconoclastic, polemical, exhilarating and, not least, fun to read.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Many of the girls threw occasional nervous glances at the door, but there was no sign of the baroness.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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The Cay
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