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
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
“We’re all of us passing for something or other, aren’t we?”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2021
There’s always profit-taking or the federal deficit or something or other to account for a bearish turn, and improved corporate earnings or interest rates or whatever to account for a bullish one.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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