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Mathis wanted to join Jackson's cause right then and there.
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Bill Chappell, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
Some authorities proposed executing the accused then and there, to show the public that the government was serious about countering crime.
—Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
The Swedes were feeling it right then and there.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Vidal made three-dimensional models of the bones right then and there so the team could start to piece the dinosaur together in real time.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026
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Bill Chappell, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
Some authorities proposed executing the accused then and there, to show the public that the government was serious about countering crime.
—Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
The Swedes were feeling it right then and there.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Vidal made three-dimensional models of the bones right then and there so the team could start to piece the dinosaur together in real time.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Then and there.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/then%20and%20there. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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