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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
I’ll get real with you for a sec — this show coming out.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
However Caddick and Murray held on to finish in second by 0.12 sec.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024
Rondell thought about that for a sec, then he told me: “Wouldn’t it be more easier if everybody used the same kind?”
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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“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
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
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
That performance came one week after Williams lowered her best to 7.19 secs when winning the British indoor title for the first time.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025
Moreover, in the French version of a proclamation for regulating the prices of wines, issued by the privy Council in 1633, the expression vins secs corresponds with the word sacks in the original.
From Notes and Queries, Number 236, May 6, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various