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Your love is not going to cut it right then and there.
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Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
The contest, for all intents, would have ended then and there, save for months of airy speculation on which Democrat or Republican would make the November runoff en route to eventual defeat.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Mathis wanted to join Jackson's cause right then and there.
—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
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Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
The contest, for all intents, would have ended then and there, save for months of airy speculation on which Democrat or Republican would make the November runoff en route to eventual defeat.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Mathis wanted to join Jackson's cause right then and there.
—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
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“Then and there.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/then%20and%20there. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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