hour

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“Even though they’re only separated by five or six seconds, five or six seconds when you’re going 1000 miles an hour, so that’s many miles, right?” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

They have become accustomed to rising from bed whenever the electricity blinks on, no matter the hour, to cook and do laundry.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

“Most engineers want to do the 1:00 to 3:45 with a ping-pong break and an hour lunch. That’s the way the Valley worked,” McCardel said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

An AFP journalist heard two loud explosions in the capital within half an hour early Saturday and saw smoke billowing from one of them.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Helen glances at me a few times, and it’s odd to see her out of my left eye rather than my right, but after the first half hour she stops checking in on me.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse