in a manner of speaking
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Although they’re scattered now, their lodgings temporary and their futures uncertain, they wanted to keep the neighborhood together, in a manner of speaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
The dogs are, too, in a manner of speaking - they live together and have had a litter.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2023
The dogs are, too, in a manner of speaking — they live together and have had a litter.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023
The Yankees did stumble, in a manner of speaking, when shortstop Gio Urshela hurtled toward the visitors’ dugout in pursuit of a pop-up, then fell down the stairs at full speed.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2021
We all look at him, then look away quick because he is, in a manner of speaking, eating.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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