sporadic
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The Gulf installations neighboring Iran that had borne the brunt of earlier strikes now only saw sporadic damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Later on Tuesday, sporadic clashes between protesters and police broke out but on a much smaller scale than in previous days.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
The live scientific debate is over how common such violence was, and when sporadic attacks became organised conflict and wars between groups.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Most on the nose was 2013’s Elysium, in which healthcare is sporadic on a post-collapse Earth.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
During the next two nights, the family received only sporadic, contradictory reports about the disaster: some said all hands had been lost; others, that hundreds of passengers had been saved.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing sporadic
Grade 9, List 1
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The Great Gatsby
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"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 1
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