somehow or another

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"Did somebody deliberately shut down the fuel, or was it somehow or another a slip that they inadvertently shut off the fuel?" he said during an interview with the US network CBS.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Well, I knew that that was a lie, because somehow or another I had four or five documents that made clear that their reply to our request was inaccurate.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2023

“Well, somehow or another, the honoring of Autherine Lucy Foster sort of took the background,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2022

“Ultimately, I think somehow or another a key was delivered,” Baldwin, now the coach at Cal Poly, said this week.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2022

But somehow or another, as the season went on, I became a freshman starter on a varsity basketball team.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie