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For a team that were playing second-tier football 18 months ago, their lofty ambitions of qualifying for the Champions League suddenly don't seem farfetched.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Lizzie says she was "delighted" when the chain suddenly appeared from the pram.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

The company’s models were suddenly good enough that engineers had started outsourcing their coding to them and some had stopped writing code altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Ebola is a rare, deadly disease caused by a virus, and symptoms come on suddenly.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

And suddenly an insane fear gripped the waiting women.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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