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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

Practically every working actor of some repute has offhandedly mentioned their interest in directing a film at one time or another.

From Salon Jan. 1, 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

"Of course it will. Everything does, at one time or another."

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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