on one occasion
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Speaking to the social club, it became apparent John was a regular - on one occasion being communicative enough to sell domino cards to another person, all captured on CCTV.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Elizabeth admitted that life was better when Morris was away, and she remained in the shadows of their Welsh home as Morris flirted with visiting journalists and, on one occasion, passionately kissed a cameraman.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
He described how on one occasion a polar bear came looking for him.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
“If I have a genius for anything,” McMurtry told a friend on one occasion, “it’s for being found.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Aureliano ended up forgetting about him, absorbed in the composition of his poems, but on one occasion he thought he understood something of what Melquíades was saying in his groping monologues, and he paid attention.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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