occasionally
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There are personality differences, disagreement with book choices, intrinsic ways of seeing the world that can occasionally come to a head in a book club.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
These fresh craters are a reminder that the Moon is still being shaped by ongoing impacts, and that the Solar System remains active and occasionally violent.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026
Ms. Gionfriddo writes tartly funny dialogue that stings and surprises, with tangy quips and savage retorts whizzing through the air, giving a buoyancy even to scenes that occasionally stretch past their necessary length.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
It’s part of my job to check my biases at the door before watching any film, but occasionally, one or two sneak through.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Very occasionally, Uncle Kufa threw a stick into the stream for one of his dogs to retrieve.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing occasionally
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates
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Excerpt from "Bad Boy"
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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