sporadic

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Iran's Fars news agency said "sporadic gatherings" took place around the bazaar during an afternoon shutdown, with police dispersing the protest and demonstrators scattering into the alleyways nearby.

From Barron's

Since then, ever more frequent and longer power cuts and shortages of food and medicine have deepened discontent and led to sporadic, smaller protests, quickly contained by the government.

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The reservoir of the Amir Kabir dam, one of the largest supplying Iran's capital, is still largely empty despite sporadic winter rainfall following the worst drought in decades, local media reported Wednesday.

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Until geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela cool off, moves in oil will likely be brief, sharp, and sporadic as investors respond to the day’s news.

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Yet until the hangout space opened, its work had seemed sporadic, and some in the community were questioning whether there would be resources and vision to support Altadena Girls long-term.

From Los Angeles Times