intermittent
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While Linton has not been diagnosed with an underlying seizure disorder, such as epilepsy, defense attorney Jovan Blacknell said Linton suffered intermittent seizures during her life, including at the time of the wreck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Wildfires have been described to me as an "intermittent problem" because they're seasonal and we don't see large ones happening every year.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
There is the intermittent purr of generators, dogs barking, and, from time to time, the dry clack of domino tiles echoing in the street.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“The U.S. and Iran engage in intermittent military exchanges but stop short of a return to high-intensity warfare,” BMI analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The Bering land bridge, during its millennia of intermittent existence, would have been up to a thousand miles wide, covered by open tundra, and easily traversable by people adapted to cold conditions.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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