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at one time or another



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Idioms and Phrases

On various separate occasions. For example, At one time or another I've considered replacing the furnace, but so far I haven't done so . [Early 1600s]
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"But it also begs the question, too: How long is it going to take for them to find out whether or not he acted in malice, and whether or not he was racist in handling many of these different cases that most likely he touched at one time or another?"

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At one time or another, you've probably come across someone who is lactose intolerant and might experience some unpleasant gut symptoms if they have dairy.

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“Political correctness” wasn’t something we all engaged in at one time or another.

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Love can only triumph when we learn how to forgive, beginning with ourselves, which is the epic journey most of us face at one time or another.

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Israel and Hamas took turns at being the impediment to agreement, each at one time or another moving the goal post, mediators say.

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