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"I was waving at my friend and sister like 'I'll be home in a sec just doing a loop round the block!'," he says about the Europa League celebrations.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Hang on a sec, we imagine Karl saying, this connection is terrible.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
Mir became the pace setter after the 28-year-old clocked 1 min 56.874 sec on his Honda machine after 11 laps, to become the fastest rider over two days of testing in Malaysia.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
Back up for a sec: Koufax pitched a shutout in Game 5 on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024
“Hey, could I see that awesome knife for a sec? It’s so cool!”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
“Fam we were 1.1 secs away from being down thousands lol,” one defendant wrote in a group text to his alleged conspirators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
She remaining focused as Tsegay bolted clear from the off, winning in a championship record 3:54.86, to go within 0.26 secs of Laura Muir's British record.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
Olympic finalist Anning set the fastest time of the women's 400m heats, clocking 50.79 secs in setting up her shot at a first individual international medal.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025
Shuang and Jiang, who led for the majority of the race, looked dejected as they finished 2.48 secs behind the British pair to claim silver, with Israel third.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024
To be sure, Sheldon fell on the eighth obstacle, but Syme breasted the tape nevertheless in 28-4/5 secs.
From Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895 by Various
