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Caporale suggests adding agave nectar to sweeten the lime juice base, along with orange juice or orange peel to compensate for the lack of triple sec.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026
Unperturbed by the battle unfolding behind him, Marquez crossed the finish line in 40 min 09.249 sec.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
The Trojans are 5-1 in a new era where even two-loss teams can qualify and, OK, just play along here for a sec.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2025
However Caddick and Murray held on to finish in second by 0.12 sec.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024
He stood there a sec, and then he said: “Who are you?”
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
“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
I've just crossed the line at parkrun and stopped my watch - 22 mins and 28 secs.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
Jamaica's Oblique Seville claimed a stunning victory in the men's 100m, obliterating a line-up featuring Olympic champion Noah Lyles by finishing in 9.86 secs.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025
Having qualified fastest from the morning heats, Azu made a further statement by setting a European-leading time and then personal best 6.52 secs in the semi-finals.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
Sixty series were taken, and the values found for the average ET were 4.52 secs, for FFA and 6.24 secs, for FAA, ST being 5.0 secs.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo
