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In the women's 200m, Amy Hunt and Dina Asher-Smith took fourth and fifth respectively with times of 22.52 and 22.76 seconds, in a race won by Olympic champion Julien Alfred from world title-holder Melissa Jefferson-Wooden.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

A “half-life” exercise required students to cut their elevator pitches to one minute, then 30 seconds, then 15.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“Within 20 seconds I was like, I stuck my finger in a light socket,” Danson told W. Kamau Bell on the “Who’s With Me?” podcast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

"It used to be somewhat hard to make these things. Now anyone can do it in seconds," said Brian Long, chief executive of Adaptive Security, a company offering trainings on AI fraud protection.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

I slipped through the door of the simulation room with less than ten seconds to spare.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin