something or other
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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
"You can expect to be caught out somewhere for something or other you have overlooked," he says.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 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
He used a local anaesthetic called something or other “snow,” which froze the tissue and avoided pain until the probe, the scalpel or the forceps got below the frozen portion.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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