from time to time
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We get glimpses of that process from time to time, but they are partial and fleeting.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
And we need to remind the audience of that from time to time.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Violent Islamist organizations do indeed spring up from time to time.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
From the Fed’s standpoint, the Treasury would effectively buy back $4 trillion of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities—much as the Treasury does from time to time with outstanding bonds that have become illiquid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
She had to stop and retie her dress-cloth from time to time.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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