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sporadically

[spuh-rad-ik-uh-lee] / spəˈræd ɪk ə li /




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Amid the heat wave, thousands of Southland residents were sporadically without power as outages popped up in different communities.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Having suffered the injury in September 2024, mere months after Spain's Euros triumph, Rodri missed the rest of that season then featured sporadically last campaign.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Ellington had introduced the work as a two-sided 78 in 1937, played it sporadically throughout the 1940s, and revived it in 1951, not long after Gonsalves joined the sax section.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Students like Wang sporadically sign up for competitions, but a lack of funding and exposure means few adopt it as a full-time career, leaving it facing an existential struggle.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

Starting in 1807, Jefferson’s name began to come up sporadically in Adams’s letters to Rush.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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