every once in a while
idiom
: 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, there’s a subject who is so unique that their story elevates the formula.
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Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2024
In the past, [longtime producer] Brendan O’Brien would help us with a chord or two every once in a while and be the outside ear.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 19 Mar. 2024
That’s probably good for them every once in a while.
—Jake Silverstein Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
And so, every once in a while, there can be protests inside the Supreme Court Chamber.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
He is heard telling them that the driver was holding her head up every once in a while.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
Highway safety messages seem to be funny every once in a while.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 21 Jan. 2024
And no discussion of said brother ever comes out of Johnson’s mouth around Galen Center, unless Jalen Johnson comes around every once in a while.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 6 Jan. 2024
Listen now to see if Sarah can broaden her horizons and break out of the pasta zone (at least every once in a while).
—The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 23 Feb. 2024
Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2024
In the past, [longtime producer] Brendan O’Brien would help us with a chord or two every once in a while and be the outside ear.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 19 Mar. 2024
That’s probably good for them every once in a while.
—Jake Silverstein Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
And so, every once in a while, there can be protests inside the Supreme Court Chamber.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
He is heard telling them that the driver was holding her head up every once in a while.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
Highway safety messages seem to be funny every once in a while.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 21 Jan. 2024
And no discussion of said brother ever comes out of Johnson’s mouth around Galen Center, unless Jalen Johnson comes around every once in a while.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 6 Jan. 2024
Listen now to see if Sarah can broaden her horizons and break out of the pasta zone (at least every once in a while).
—The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 23 Feb. 2024
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