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Unnerved by the instant allure that has the girls warming to her, Paulina seeks any chance to undermine her new rival.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Her fears have only heightened as personal computers, instant messages, and social platforms became the default mediators for everyday human relationships.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Injuries followed, and Vigar was recuperating from one such setback while playing for Chichester City FC, where he had made an instant impression.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

In an instant, seismic instruments are overwhelmed by an intense burst of shallow earthquakes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

And after glancing for an instant at Boaz to make sure he had the lighter in his grasp, Aunt Hila leaned forward and blew the candle out, and the shadows rushed in.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

When analyzing spacetime, do events, instants, worldlines or even spacetime as a whole exist in the same sense as places and people?

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025

In ECSE, scientists will take x-ray pictures of scale-model pits as they collapse and investigate how neutrons behave during those crucial instants before the nuclear detonation.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 20, 2023

There’s just no comparison, and in a way it isn’t fair to test the flavor of Cometeer against powdered instants — but we did because when it comes to add-water-and-stir coffee, it’s an option.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

For a few instants, I followed him somewhere else in my mind, down some duct of the imagination.

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022

Matthos lent him a hand to help him hack over the raiL For those few instants, Black Betba and White Hart were the calm eye in the midst of the storm.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin