in passing
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“It will move much faster from the start that way,” he explained, mentioning in passing aside that “Scott agrees with me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
They admired one another from afar, brushed shoulders only in passing, and, in some ways, represented opposing ways of challenging the limits placed on women in indie rock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
While they mention — almost in passing — that it’s the “same courthouse where Paxton would later be indicted for investment fraud,” the focus is on the pen.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
After averaging 269 passing yards a game in Houston, where he led the NFL in passing yardage in 2020, his production has dipped to 177 during his Browns tenure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The thought pleased her, so much so that she wondered if it might be some obscure saying of Agatha Swanburne’s that she had heard in passing long ago and then forgotten.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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