on the off chance
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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
"We decided to take a very careful look at the shipworm's gut again," says Goodell, "on the off chance that the last hundred years' worth of researchers missed something."
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024
I’d decided to bid on the IOI access codes anyway, on the off chance they might come in handy someday.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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