as in intermittently
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Rosana Rodriguez, 33rd, whose office is in contact with Martinez-Sifontes’ family, said Albany Park has recently seen fewer ICE encounters than during earlier phases of Operation Midway Blitz, but said enforcement activity still surfaces intermittently.
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They are only intermittently given distinguishing characteristics or classifications.
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Martin Filler The Met’s new Tristan und Isolde was a vocal triumph for Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres, but Yuval Sharon’s staging only fitfully captured the essence of Wagner’s masterpiece.
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That’s Duncan’s dilemma from the very beginning of this fitfully hilarious episode of The Audacity.
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Inference runs 24/7, scales with your user base, spikes unpredictably and never ends.
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Extreme heat can cause smoke to move unpredictably, reducing visibility and creating hazardous driving conditions.
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The game ran poorly, crashed regularly, looked unremarkable, and drove disjointedly.
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Dean Fleischer Camp directed the film, which was originally meant to stream on Disney+, but fortuitously, things changed and, in 2024, the film was given a theatrical release.
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Some folks in the band’s organization initially wanted to partner with a big beer company, but fortuitously, somebody countered idea with Dogfish Head.
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On an organizational level, teams unconsciously mimic the habits, behavioral patterns, and standards established by their leaders.
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When ear met in 2024 at transfer student orientation at Bard, both were emerging from their own antisocial caves, unconsciously looking for their other half.
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The Athletics’ Zack Gelof left the game in the bottom of the second with a right hand laceration and contusion after Matt Chapman inadvertently spiked his hand trying to stretch a single into a double.
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But Chapman inadvertently stepped on Gelof’s right hand as the second baseman was applying the tag with his glove hand.
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But most canoeists unwittingly pass right over them.
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In a sense, Western multinationals unwittingly created their chief global competitors, along with the conditions for their own demise.
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“Spottily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spottily. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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