momentary
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This momentary cleanse won’t save them, but it will keep them going.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
About 700 miles away around the same time, a momentary greeting between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at ground zero became a dayslong online uproar.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
It was designed to protect against an unchecked popular assembly voting all power into its own hands, as well as to guard against the errors of momentary fads and fashions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The film got three stars from Tim Robey, external at The Telegraph, who notes the film's "action interludes are more nonsensical than scary" and "provide momentary dumb fun when Scott's campfire apocalypse needs waking up".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The gauges, this time, registered almost nothing: only a feeble and momentary tremor.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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