minutes

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“For me, there was a reason why Pam got those 17 minutes and not Jamar, and why Jamar got those minutes and not Dimitri, and why Dimitri opened the piece,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Hunter Bell, who took a first world title in Torun in March, broke away from the leading pack to win in three minutes 58.63 seconds at the Stadio Olimpico.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

It spins and flashes to an unexpected but wholly satisfying ending in just over 90 minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

As “Obsession” so painstakingly reminds the viewer over the next 90-some minutes, a romance and a love story are not the same thing, and our ability to so easily confuse the two is Barker’s point.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

He may have been gone only minutes, but it felt like hours of my life had passed.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse