timer
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A timer on a fake checkout site can add pressure as the scammer tries to rush you and keep you from checking the site too closely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
To appreciate sentiment’s role in gold’s surprising weakness, consider how exuberant the average gold timer was over the four months leading up to the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
Again, the egg timer really works only in a single direction.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
"I started doing it on my granny's kitchen floor and begged my mum for a timer mat and cup," Ivy said.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
The timer starts and I’m doing okay, six shots in ten seconds.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Most of the old timers didn’t like that.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
And if out-of-towners are visiting, the ranks of the older timers swells a few more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
There are egg timers and even four-minute songs that can keep time for you.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
They create systems of rewards and punishments, and timers for getting things done quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Sick about Sammy, I queried from bar to bar among old- timers for West Indian Archie.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
