flash in the pan

noun as in momentary success

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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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"Jacob wasn't a flash in the pan or just a talent - he was someone that wouldn't let you down," he said.

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Senior ministers take the rise of Reform incredibly seriously and are not dismissing them as a flash in the pan insurgency.

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“The military aircraft, the troops at the border, the talk of drones: It’s all a flash in the pan,” he said.