in a flash
Example Sentences
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A year of explosive development in AI has caught up with frontier developers in a flash, who are now calling for a slowdown in the pace of research and the development of tighter oversight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
He knows he will die in the coming months, but still feels physically fit — yet he lives with the knowledge that his condition can worsen in a flash.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
But that illusion is impossible if all of space-time occurs in a flash.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
Warm relations can turn chilly in a flash.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
That hill is mostly tall dead grass, not jungle, so it would burn up in a flash.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
