from time to time
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In his conference speech Millar acknowledged that his party "may suffer the odd setback from time to time".
From BBC
That’s not to say the athletes and technicians don’t stubbornly butt heads from time to time.
From Los Angeles Times
Years of insults and diss tracks and pranks and social media posts have followed, with small islands of peace floating by from time to time.
From Los Angeles Times
I was not going to let that happiness compromise my stand that, even though good things might happen in the world from time to time, nothing was right in my family or in my valley.
From Literature
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She has said Epstein “also informally reached out to me for advice from time to time just as he did with numerous other prominent lawyers throughout the country.”
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