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Fortunately, at least on occasion these do reappear and give us some exciting new research opportunities.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Few would dispute that on average or even at the median, males may be bigger and more powerful than females, or that in certain contact sports the difference may be telling and on occasion dangerous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Portnoy hustles for years, schlepping papers around town in a secondhand van and, on occasion, cleaning poop from one of his newspaper boxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Using him as a pressing trigger forced the Everton goalkeeper to punt it long on occasion, giving control back to Croatia.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Dunstan had done guard duty many times before, but hitherto his task had consisted of simply standing, and, on occasion, shooing away children.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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