spottily
Example Sentences
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The trespasser’s name was Richard Allen Davis, 39, a spottily employed sheet metal worker who had been paroled three months earlier on a kidnapping conviction from the state prison in San Luis Obispo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2024
Badly maintained roads, underfunded road safety agencies and spottily enforced traffic laws all contribute to the toll.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2023
They also suffer from too little sustained attention from local media, which has covered these issues spottily at best.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022
Stringent rules that are spottily enforced — and spottily ignored.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
Although conservation laws are spottily enforced, the federal police had at times worked with N.G.O.s to mount aggressive raids.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019
