there and then

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O’Malley convinced Tatum to have the operation right there and then instead of waiting even one more day—a decision that is already rewriting basketball history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

I’m doing Verve Coffee that I’m grinding there, and then I’m brewing four cups because I need my coffee.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

I played a season there and then that team stopped and then the next team I played for was under-12s - I think I was nine.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

“I decided there and then that I enjoyed being dead.”

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

He lay in bed and tried to pray, but all he could think about was the magician’s coin: there and then gone.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo