on the off chance
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But on the off chance he has, we know exactly what he washed it down with: Agua!
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
It was clearly from someone she knew, although she had no idea it was her friend Yevgeny Merkis who had scrawled the message on the off chance she might see it.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
A few years ago, on the off chance it might actually come to be, Deutch began studying the films of the French New Wave and learning to speak French.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
Williams had insisted I not bring my phone, on the off chance my movements were being tracked.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025
Her own plain dress she left behind on the rack, on the off chance there might one day be a ballet about governesses.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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