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“I’ve run every leg at one time or another but I liked starting today — it felt more powerful putting us in front,” Scoggins said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2026

In all of this, he’s getting at something powerful but hard to quantify that we all perhaps have felt, if only briefly, at one time or another.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

Some 70 percent of the city's children were evacuated at one time or another, either abroad or to the west of Ukraine.

From Barron's Dec. 17, 2025

It would appear that he's tried them all at one time or another depending on the challenge staring him in the face.

From BBC Oct. 20, 2025

All my siblings, myself included, had some sort of color confusion at one time or another, but Richie dealt with his in a unique way.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride




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