brief success
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Spencer, 40, enjoyed brief success in the fourth round when a pair of right hands connected, but Mayer reasserted herself, closing the eighth with four powerful hooks and a wide points victory looked inevitable.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
It’s been a pattern of having some brief success, but not able to sustain it.
From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024
Fans dazzled by Sampson’s brief success had trouble digesting the defeats.
From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2017
Nonetheless, during its brief success, the Knights illustrated the potential for success with their model of “industrial unionism,” which welcomed workers from all trades.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
After a brief success, the actual power of these khalîfs was transferred to the hands, first, of the captains of their bodyguard, then of sultan-dynasties, whose forcibly acquired powers, were legalized by a formal investiture.
From Mohammedanism Lectures on Its Origin, Its Religious and Political Growth, and Its Present State by Hurgronje, C. Snouck
