at one time or another
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Among the names the rumor mill has coalesced around at one time or another are Idris Elba, Tom Holland, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jacob Elordi and Callum Turner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
In all of this, he’s getting at something powerful but hard to quantify that we all perhaps have felt, if only briefly, at one time or another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Practically every working actor of some repute has offhandedly mentioned their interest in directing a film at one time or another.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
Some 70 percent of the city's children were evacuated at one time or another, either abroad or to the west of Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
Sure, I’d painted my share of signs and stuffed enough envelopes that I was certain every part of my hands had been paper cut at one time or another.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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