sporadic
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“This sporadic continuance of the conflict appears to be the state of play.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Residents at the time reported sporadic outages after the troops left.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Ukraine's first successful drone strikes reached the Russian capital in spring 2023, although they were sporadic and rarely involved more than a handful of drones.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Olympia, his elusive love and sporadic muse, flits in and out of his life as she works her way up the tiers of the art world’s ziggurat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Wes’s atten-dance became sporadic, and once his first child was born, he just stopped going.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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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