eternity
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Maiava’s average time to throw while under pressure so far this season is nearly four seconds, which, by Big Ten standards, is an eternity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Ms. Lee tends to telegraph her plot turns, especially those regarding the characters’ romantic fortunes, and then takes an eternity to arrive where the story is obviously going.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
"The summer has been without a big action title for nine weeks -- an eternity at the box office. The market is ripe-ripe-ripe for this film."
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Even though the past five weeks have flown by, the beginning of this World Cup feels like it was an eternity ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
He could stay in this restaurant, across from this handsome boy, for an eternity.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
I think back on how those long, slow last days with Tessa, free from distractions at work or worry about bills, seemed to last eternities.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2021
Chidi and Eleanor had eternities on end together, but when Chidi traded his philosophy texts for a copy of The Da Vinci Code, it was clear that his end, at least, was nigh.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2020
In Brandon, for eternities, they’ll fondly remember his varsity debut against Petal.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2019
Nabokov wrote: “The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.”
From New York Times ● May 1, 2016
I remember: it happened yesterday, or eternities ago.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
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"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
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"Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
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