on again
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Humbled, I move on, again resolved not to let our unhoused neighbors feel invisible, nor to forget that homelessness is, among other adjectives, abnormal.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
For example, a protein might briefly activate, then turn off, and later switch on again.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
"We tried to go forward on a number of occasions, but then the response from India was on again, off again," he told me.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
The on-and-off relationship between Nvidia and China appears to be back on again, after a report that China’s government has given the go-ahead to big companies including Alibaba to buy the U.S. semiconductor maker’s chips.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026
When it did, I yelled out that we needed an order of large fries, and then I depressed the clutch and turned the car on again.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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