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  • Fienhardt was one of his occasionals in West Berlin who knew plenty of people in the East.

    Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

  • SO, it's absolutely necessary for the language of the petition header to be innocuous, and seem fair-mainded, to suck in enough occasionals and non-involveds living in the high-density (coastal cities) districts to get this on the ballot.

    Issa Funding GOP's California Electoral Vote Initiative 2009

  • This has led to a new kind of staffing structure: a core work force warmly wrapped in benefits and perks, surrounded by a neglected buffer zone of "occasionals."

    Living From Job To Job 2008

  • Having his son and a menagerie of occasionals who added their talents (or mimicked ours) made big jobs manageable.

    outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2005

  • Irregulars, occasionals, and interlopers occupy the top row.

    WHY is the FOUL POLE FAIR? VINCE STATEN 2003

  • The outpost routinely referred to in these missives as “The Watering Hole” is a mid-sized bar tucked into suburbia with the natural complement of regulars, occasionals, bartenders and waitresses.

    outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2003

  • "It's always the way; we've lots of 'em like that here, occasionals and regulars."

    Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl 1909

  • A VOLUME OF POETICS, ill-fated offspring of a foolish father; miscellaneous collection of occasionals and fugitives, longer or shorter, as the army of Bombastes.

    The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849

  • A VOLUME OF POETICS, ill-fated offspring of a foolish father; miscellaneous collection of occasionals and fugitives, longer or shorter, as the army of Bombastes.

    An Author's Mind : The Book of Title-pages Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849

  • And although Covent Garden is tourist central, there is always an eclectic bunch of regulars mixed in with the occasionals.

    Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk 2009

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