in quick succession
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Then, in quick succession, we see Artie at home with his wife, and at school with his students, another arena in which contemporary politics intrudes.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Around the same time, Flores had three children in quick succession and began questioning the life she was building.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Once it became clear that both of those expulsion votes would likely succeed, the two men resigned in quick succession.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
The deaths of her grandparents in quick succession left her so distraught — they had raised her — that she never finished her dissertation.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
In the years following Henrietta’s death, using some of the first tubes of her cells, researchers around the world made several important scientific advances in quick succession.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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