timer
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"A non-functional mouse is not just about pausing the timer," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Prosecutors said one of the phones had a 15-minute timer ready to start, while another displayed an ominous message from an unknown number — “we will be awaiting your call.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Again, the egg timer really works only in a single direction.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
He found that ratios in the middle of their historical distribution conveyed little information of value to a market timer; only extremely high or extremely low readings were worth following.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
She went out and bought a fancy egg timer that can accurately measure a half minute.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
Most of the old timers didn’t like that.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
And if out-of-towners are visiting, the ranks of the older timers swells a few more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
It would be a bad sign if those timers remained stubbornly optimistic in the wake of such plunges, and a good sign if they rushed to build cash.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
There are egg timers and even four-minute songs that can keep time for you.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
But maybe the timers hadn’t been screwed up at all.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
