not often
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It’s not often that I remark on a casting announcement, much less one about “Scooby-Doo,” but the second I opened an email from Netflix, my jaw dropped.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
In the show, Hamm’s ex-wife, played by actress Amanda Peet, is going through perimenopause, a life stage not often depicted on TV, and especially notable in a series that’s mainly about misbehaving men.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
“They’re not often able to get the pricing right or the product information right,” he said.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
It is not often that mystery surrounds the return of a library book.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
For, much as actors specialize in pretending to be that which they are not, often with the use of clever disguises, noses made of putty and inscrutable accents, this parrot, too, was pretending.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
