on occasion
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It means their campaign has been restricted, and on occasion rescued, by existing on moments.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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
Bredenbals acknowledges, however, that on occasion she does hear colleagues express reluctance to let the more productive workers leave the workshop.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
She seems to have grown fond of my cap, for she has taken to wearing it rather than her celluloid visor on occasion.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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