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as in everywhere
in one place and another
an overgrown lawn with yellow patches of dandelions scattered here and there
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2
as in sometimes
on some occasions
she spoke so softly that I only caught a word here and there
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Recent Examples of here and there
Officials said that roads are still icy with some slick spots here and there, and urged drivers to go slow, give space between cars and stop ahead of time at intersections.
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Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2026
Friday night could see some cloudiness, with clouds and rain here and there over the weekend.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
There will be inevitable setbacks here and there.
—Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
Sure, there's some personalization here and there, maybe a chatbot in the corner.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
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Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2026
Friday night could see some cloudiness, with clouds and rain here and there over the weekend.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
There will be inevitable setbacks here and there.
—Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
Sure, there's some personalization here and there, maybe a chatbot in the corner.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for here and there
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The different textures that casting directors are looking everywhere to find doesn’t just mean assembling a diverse but complementary set of faces for the audience to look at.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2026
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The easy solution to the practice’s energy drain, Scott says, is making sure that electricity is coming from renewable sources—a switch that snow towns everywhere from Quebec to the French Alps have already made.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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Ice surfaces develop a thin, mobile surface layer, sometimes called a quasi-liquid or premelted layer, that reduces friction and enables sliding.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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The pilgrimage is a rallying point for conservative Christians from across Europe and beyond; Catholic political figures sometimes join the pilgrims for a stretch.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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By Thursday, investigators were looking for a man who’s about five feet nine or five feet ten, of average build.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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El Salvador has received about 250 Venezuelan nationals in March last year, while the other nations received far fewer deportees, ranging from 29 sent to Equatorial Guinea to none sent to Palau so far, according to the report.—
STEPHEN GROVES,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Sarah forwarded this email to two people, one of them being Epstein, and the other restaurant mogul Steve Hanson, who appears in the emails to have occasionally discussed Sarah’s career with her and Epstein.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Kiley has occasionally bucked GOP leadership on procedural matters and previously voted against a House rule that would have blocked consideration of tariff repeal measures.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Here and there.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/here%20and%20there. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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