briefly
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Around that time, an office prankster briefly erected a life-size cardboard cutout of imprisoned crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried—a joke partly about how similar Coplan, a fellow crypto billionaire, is in appearance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
A Higgs boson can briefly decay into two Z bosons, which then decay into pairs of electrons or muons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
And now we have arrived at Alison Roman selling “A Very Good Sauce,” including a jar inspired by the caramelized-shallot-and-anchovy pasta that once briefly seemed to occupy half the internet.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
In the second round, the fight had to be briefly stopped after Pantoja claimed a headbutt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
The light shone briefly, changing from blue to green, then disappeared.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
