something or other
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"I think Labour certainly deserve a go at it now. I wish there was a third party that could get involved. I've forgotten their name. The Liberal Green something or other," he says mischievously.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024
Jane Lancaster: I came across a reference to Lillian Gilbreth getting a gold medal for something or other.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023
In the following stream-of-consciousness sections, this, that and the next thing flew by, peppered by something or other in the orchestra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
Yes, that vague ballad of nothing is just like the first song of so many musicals, when the heroine must declare her yearning for . . . something or other.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2023
His storefront office was never called anything but Sonny’s Shop, although nobody now could remember thirty years back, when, presumably, Sonny did something or other there.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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