every so often
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But every so often — usually when the ground is shifting fastest — those invisible choices decide your returns.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
“You’d think we would’ve learned that lesson by now, but it seems like every so often we have to learn that lesson again,” he said.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
For all of their recent scuffing and shuffling, these loaded, baseball-ruining Dodgers should be able to survive an Ohtani skip day every so often.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
But every so often the teams we loved, formations we favoured and cult players we came to rely on spring up in nostalgia-fuelled conversation.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
A brief official bulletin repeated every so often said simply that order was being and would be maintained along the Eastern Border.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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