every once in a while
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: sometimes but not often : from time to time : occasionally
We still see each other every once in a while.
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But every once in a while — in less than 1% of storms — a single flash can race across the sky for hundreds of miles without ever touching the ground.
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The history of gold was full of death and folly, but every once in a while, someone struck it rich.
—Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
There are exceptions, of course—every once in a while, a senator will come along who decides to do what's right and lives to tell about it.
—Matthew Scogin, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Just mix in a cup of calming chamomile tea every once in a while.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 12 July 2025
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The history of gold was full of death and folly, but every once in a while, someone struck it rich.
—Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
There are exceptions, of course—every once in a while, a senator will come along who decides to do what's right and lives to tell about it.
—Matthew Scogin, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Just mix in a cup of calming chamomile tea every once in a while.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 12 July 2025
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“Every once in a while.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/every%20once%20in%20a%20while. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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