periodically

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Dancers periodically interrupt our chat, waving and hugging Jonas as they leave.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

As the disk precesses, it periodically blocks and reflects light coming from the magnetar.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

"We feel robbed, Nicola was handling her epilepsy, taking her medication which was reviewed periodically but she nor us knew anything about sudden unexpected death," Jo-Ann said.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Investigators said plant managers would periodically release sulfur dioxide into the air when levels grew too high at the plant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

He refused to accept that Ernest might have participated in Strauss’s campaign against him or engaged in any of the rumormongering about his Communist tendencies that periodically swept the Berkeley campus.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik