off-and-on
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She told the court that she met the defendant at the end of 2015 and that they'd been friends and then an off-and-on couple for seven years.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
The university and the administration have been in off-and-on talks for months to resolve their dispute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
“It’s going to be at least a week — eight or nine days — of this off-and-on rainy and cool pattern,” said Mike Wofford, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Oxnard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
After the Manchester attack and the sudden overdose of her off-and-on boyfriend and rapper Mac Miller, Grande shared a photo of her brain scan.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2024
For eighteen years, his off-and-on actions have made an impact in my life.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
Armenia’s public pushback against Putin has taken place against a broader decoupling between Russia and the former Soviet state, which had been under Moscow’s rule off and on for more than 100 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
He now works off and on as a tailor.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Prices at the pump marched higher for much of the spring as skirmishing off and on in Iran kept the Strait of Hormuz mostly closed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
"I like her attitude off and on court. Off court, she is really humble. There are a lot of kids like me who look up to her."
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
“I looked off and on for days, until I saw him.”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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