briefly
Example Sentences
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He briefly tried wearing compression socks for his swelling ankles, but stopped because he didn’t like them.
Overnight on Wednesday air alerts briefly rang out in the capital as a drone approached, but no hits or damage were reported.
From BBC
Both the Nasdaq Composite and Russell 2000 indexes did briefly tumble into bear markets.
From BBC
Edison has said the leading theory is that the dormant transmission line in Eaton Canyon briefly reenergized on the night of Jan. 7, sparking the fire.
From Los Angeles Times
It lived through snowstorms, blackouts, post-9/11 security shifts, hurricanes and a pandemic that briefly emptied the subway system entirely.
From Salon
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