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once in a while
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Princeton's WordNet
occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again, at times, from time to timeadverb
now and then or here and there
"he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention"
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now and then, occasionally, at times, on occasion, from time to time, now and again
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Every day there can be weird stuff, with the creative ways critters can get into homes, they still can fool us once in a while.
Winning is not a sometime thing it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
There's more and more of a pushback against the whole 'everybody gets a trophy,' parents going on job interviews with kids ... to say 'You know what? Let your kids take responsibility. Be there in the background if they really need you but it's good for them to fail once in a while,'.
Many are prepared to live a life of “wishless” happiness and undemanding contentment, when escaping from bad luck in the nick of time or just being lucky, once in a while, is a satisfactory option. ( " Happiness blowing in the wind. " )
Once in a while you have to take a break and visit yourself.
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