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The bacterium Yersinia pestis, which can cause pneumonic and bubonic plague, has been identified from time to time in Siberia, linked to exposure to vermin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
I still do some work from time to time, but I’m no longer as mentally or emotionally engaged in it as I once was.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
That it might turn silly or obvious from time to time is not really a problem or unusual in these sorts of things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
But the optimist in me still gets duped from time to time.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Hermit could and from time to time he told them what he saw.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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