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once in a while



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Yet what makes this potentially the most important new opera of the year is not Huang’s agreeably efficient — and once in a while inspired — score, which incorporates Western and traditional music.

From Los Angeles Times

“We expect things like this to occur once in a while due to the volume of tests.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“I watched him in action and learned from him, and he handed me books once in a while,” Mayer says.

From The Wall Street Journal

“There’s a lot of common questions that people ask but once in a while people ask some weird questions that are not coded in the system yet,” says Chan.

From The Wall Street Journal

My wife is from Austin and her favorite restaurant opened up a place in L.A., so we go there every once in a while for a nice meal.

From Los Angeles Times