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That’s what a great doc does every once in a blue moon: opens the public’s eyes to normalized atrocities and turns the tides toward a better future.
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Tomris Laffly, EW.com, 10 July 2024
Perhaps surprisingly, most super commuters aren’t those lucky few who only have to show face in the office once in a blue moon.
—Beth Greenfield, Fortune Europe, 1 July 2024
There is much to be gained from indulging in the undefined every once in a blue moon.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2024
In the case of periodical cicadas, studying a phenomenon that occurs less than even once in a blue moon has challenges distinct from studying, say, a colony of ants.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 7 May 2024
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Tomris Laffly, EW.com, 10 July 2024
Perhaps surprisingly, most super commuters aren’t those lucky few who only have to show face in the office once in a blue moon.
—Beth Greenfield, Fortune Europe, 1 July 2024
There is much to be gained from indulging in the undefined every once in a blue moon.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2024
In the case of periodical cicadas, studying a phenomenon that occurs less than even once in a blue moon has challenges distinct from studying, say, a colony of ants.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 7 May 2024
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“Once in a blue moon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/once%20in%20a%20blue%20moon. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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