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Spencer, 40, enjoyed brief success in the fourth round when a pair of right hands connected, but Mayer reasserted herself, closing the eighth with four powerful hooks and a wide points victory looked inevitable.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025

It’s been a pattern of having some brief success, but not able to sustain it.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024

It definitely didn’t hurt when companies like Impossible and Beyond gained brief success in selling plant-based fake meat to aspiring vegetarians, or when the Biden administration approved lab-grown meat products for retail sale.

From Slate ● May 9, 2024

Fans dazzled by Sampson’s brief success had trouble digesting the defeats.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2017

Such brief success dazzled us to the past.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various


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