occasionally
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He kept his distance during the 2024 campaign and has occasionally, selectively, taken issue with the administration since Trump returned to office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
Although she did occasionally circle back, the rescue operation had ended.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
It’s disarming and occasionally exhausting, but that’s the point: If such repetitive heaviness is difficult for the viewer, imagine how it is for the person experiencing it.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
The Hunterian said excavators in the 19th century occasionally swapped over remains from different coffins, with better preserved specimens placed in the most intact or ornate sarcophagi.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
But occasionally one would come along that baffled even him.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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