for a while
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At the beginning, we were none of us technological visionaries, but I at least had been online for a while, since even before the web itself existed.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026
But I do think that the showing-your-work part of it all—publishing behind-the-scenes videos, dance rehearsals, early sketches and storyboards, for example—is likely to endure for a while, especially if attitudes towards machine-generated creative don’t improve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
"He has been poor for a while and he has had injury problems. He is not the answer."
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
It appeared for a while as if Raman wouldn’t even make it out of the primary, and then it looked as though she had a comfortable lead over Bass in the runoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
When she realized Daddy wasn’t her biological dad, several things clicked into place—but several other things swung free and set her spinning for a while.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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