intermittently
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Since the ceasefire collapsed, both sides have intermittently exchanged fire.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
As the sprayer drives through a field, it intermittently sprays the weeds while passing over the crops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The group continues to face legal proceedings following a recall, initiated in 2021, of its DreamStation sleep apnoea devices, found to stop working intermittently.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The band has been recording intermittently at her place, and last month she spent a week working at Martians’ studio in rural Georgia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
As six o’clock and the start of the climactic race approached, the weather improved a bit more, though it continued to rain lightly and intermittently.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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