sudden
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"We don't want to restrict them where all of the sudden we come in second to China," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
But the sudden and unpublicized switcheroo stunned Wall Street analysts and caused a bit of a mini controversy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Golding is writing about the instability of the self, after all, and his prose enacts that instability: shifting perspectives and uncertain ground, relieved by moments of sudden, disquieting clarity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
However, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology says flash droughts, external with a sudden transition between wet and dry conditions are "likely to happen more often, and be more intense".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The surface bubbled and roiled, as if battered by sudden rapids.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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