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
Head to the coffee shop or fast casual lunch spot and you'll encounter compostable to-go bowls, paper coffee cups lined with something or other, plastic iced coffee cups, plastic cutlery, plastic water bottles and more.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2023
It is the nothing from which something or other may arise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
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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