periodic
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Just under 100 ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of March, according to data analysed by BBC Verify, despite periodic attacks on shipping in the area by Iranian forces.
From BBC
Northern California will then be left with only two refineries, both of which have suffered periodic problems.
Private-credit fund managers sometimes sell assets on the secondary market to satisfy periodic redemption requests from investors, as Blue Owl Capital and New Mountain Capital have recently done.
Every character has an adorable quirk or two, or at minimum owns a dorky T-shirt with a periodic table joke or a cartoon cat.
From Los Angeles Times
For the first time, astronomers had observed a supernova producing a quasi periodic signal that increased in frequency, forming a "chirp."
From Science Daily
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