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Within minutes, we were no longer talking about furniture.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

As he told Womack, “As soon as I knew what music was, I immediately became obsessed with The Beatles. Within a few years we had completely outdone our parents in terms of fandom.”

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Within this Cognac sales were down 0.5% organically to 573.6 million euros, while its partner brand sales were 23% lower at 15.6 million euros.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Within a few hours, TicketData reported that the number of tickets on Fifa's face value site dropped by more than half to about 32,000.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Within a minute, Nighthand was with them, breathing hard.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell