minutes

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It needs to be taken seriously, if only for 25 minutes.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

“He was recovered unresponsive by the crew approximately 10 minutes later,” Chief Petty Officer Travis Magee, a spokesperson with the Coast Guard’s Arctic District, told the AP.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

ET, the ship is set to transit behind the moon, where the crew will lose communications with Earth for about 40 minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

For the next 40 minutes, mission controllers, the astronauts' friends and families, and those watching the live stream waited anxiously as the mission clock ticked down to the moment when contact should have been restored.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

I scrawl something unintelligible in the book and then set my plate awkwardly on the end table next to the sofa, ready to leave less than five minutes after I arrived.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse