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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
If he’d just peek over, man, just for a sec, he’d see my dumb ass sitting here completely solo.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
Hudson-Smith will contest the men's 400m final after placing second in his semi-final in 44.79 secs, behind fast-finishing American Jacory Patterson, as Botswana's world champion Collen Kebinatshipi set the fastest time overall in 44.23.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
“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
We watched it meticulously fold T-shirts in about 90 secs, but its creator says it is getting faster all the time.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2026
That meant he reclaimed the yellow jersey from Ben Healy and more than doubled his time advantage over Vingegaard, his main rival for the general classification, who is now 3 mins 31 secs behind.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025
Whatever vagueness attaches to these definitions is intended to be removed by secs.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
