take ten
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And then it would take ten minutes to eat.
From Salon ● May 18, 2025
We work with survivors, and very often many take ten, twenty, thirty years and they’re still untangling the trauma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
It can take ten to fifteen years of development.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2023
Vaccines typically take ten to fifteen years of research and testing.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2020
“Bro, you can’t come over here. I have to sleep for ten thousand hours. I have to drink ten thousand gallons of water, and take ten thousand Advils. I’ll just see you tomorrow at school.”
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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