sometimes

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But sometimes the messy nature of reality makes it difficult to give clear-cut answers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Ollie: Yeah, just because sometimes they know how… it's easy to speak to your friends and stuff when they come and watch you, but they've got a biased opinion.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The actors relish the pesky, droll, frequently adorable, sometimes incendiary individuality of their roles.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Researchers often set out with a clear goal, but sometimes the data leads them somewhere unexpected.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

She interrupts me a lot, sometimes asking me to repeat something I said, and sometimes it’s with another question aimed at clarifying how and why certain things happened.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam