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flash in the pan
noun as in momentary success
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Is Newsom the Democratic front-runner or a mere flash in the pan?
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"We thought that tool use could have been a flash in the pan and then disappeared. When we see 300,000 years of the same thing, that's just not possible," he said.
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Was Aberdeen's brief revival flash in the pan?
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"But you also need to have the right team around you to make sure it's not a flash in the pan and you can grow it in a sustainable way."
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"You want this moment to not just be a flash in the pan, you want this to be the start of a legacy." she says.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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