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as I have oft said, you need to look before you leap
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The top can be used for displaying decor like vases and trays and keeping oft-reached for items like remotes and drinks nearby.
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Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2025
Land of the Giants Big things have small beginnings, and this excellent but oft-forgotten series springing from the fertile mind of Irwin Allen — later nicknamed the Master of Disaster — first aired on the ABC Network on September 22, 1968.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Set in the remote, windswept islands of Scotland, where the elements are so harsh there are no trees, the first seven seasons revolve around Detective Jimmy Perez, a lonely and oft-exasperated widower played by Douglas Henshall.
—Andrea Duncan-Mao, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, was born into a tumultuous family oft engaged in power struggles.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
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Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2025
Land of the Giants Big things have small beginnings, and this excellent but oft-forgotten series springing from the fertile mind of Irwin Allen — later nicknamed the Master of Disaster — first aired on the ABC Network on September 22, 1968.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Set in the remote, windswept islands of Scotland, where the elements are so harsh there are no trees, the first seven seasons revolve around Detective Jimmy Perez, a lonely and oft-exasperated widower played by Douglas Henshall.
—Andrea Duncan-Mao, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, was born into a tumultuous family oft engaged in power struggles.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Oft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oft. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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