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at times

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  1. Occasionally, sometimes, as in Away from home for the first time, Mary was homesick at times. [Early 1500s] Also see at one time or another.


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"You'll have Lionel Messi making the wrong decisions at times," Rooney added.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026

They were friends and, at times, father figures.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026

Bears have been photographed outside schools at times when children are inside, he added.

From Barron's • Jul. 9, 2026

The powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who at times has been critical of Iran’s role in Iraqi politics, called on his Shia countrymen to participate in the funeral.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

Mason made constant farting noises with his mouth and pulled on his hair, which made his hair patchy because he pulled on it so much that some of it would come out at times.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

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