in a flash
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At Chicago’s Music Box Theater, one of metropolitan America’s premier destinations for arthouse cinema, screenings sold out in a flash, accounting for the second largest share of the restoration’s opening-weekend box office.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
It was over in a flash, with half a dozen songs or so, meaning for the tens of thousands of campers here it was a literal case of if you snooze, you lose.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
But that illusion is impossible if all of space-time occurs in a flash.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
Last month — to their surprise and seemingly in a flash — Edwards and his wife’s net worth hit $1 million, with home equity accounting for just one-fourth of it.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
The bundles of wool in the back had gone up in a flash, leaving only the sand embedded in the fibers.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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