for a minute
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At nearly three hours long, “You Can See Everything” won’t bore you for a minute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Parton "detoured the whole entourage to come around over there to where we were and then she knelt down to talk to Heather for a minute".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Burnham expressed his disbelief that the fifth-largest economy in the world cannot "get our own people off the streets", writing in The Guardian: "I don't believe it for a minute".
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
My brain remained active for a minute or so, with higher-frequency alpha waves associated with alertness staying strong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
We’re quiet for a minute, just sipping and chewing.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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