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"I was in love at the time and it was so lovely, I never gave it a second thought," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

A 20-year-old has decades of that long run ahead, and should be almost entirely in stocks without a second thought about short-term swings.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

It is in these jargon-rich, usually quiet meetings where so many data centers are approved without second thought.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

But for Fatima, a 36-year-old German housewife travelling with her family, "there was no second thought" about coming to Mecca, Islam's holiest city.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

But on second thought he realized that Griffith’s interests were elsewhere.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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