blink of an eye
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V1298 Tau is remarkably young by astronomical standards, at just about 20 million years old -- a blink of an eye compared to the Sun's 4.5-billion-year history.
From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026
"Any athletes that have been injured will understand; it's your identity, it's taken away from you, and in the blink of an eye anything can change," she said.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
Some matches drag on in interminable tedium, others are over in the blink of an eye.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
Henley’s trick is to change dresses in the blink of an eye.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
In the blink of an eye, the sunflowers had receded into the earth.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
