within moments
idiom
: very quickly : within a very short amount of time
Within moments, dozens of people had gathered.
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Vonn lost control within moments of leaving the start house, clipping a gate with her right shoulder and pinwheeling down the slope before ending up awkwardly on her back, her skis crisscrossed below her and her screams ringing out soon after medical personnel arrived.
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Andrew Dampf, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Vonn lost control within moments of leaving the start house, clipping a gate with her right shoulder and pinwheeling down the slope before ending up awkwardly on her back, her skis crisscrossed below her and her screams ringing out soon after medical personnel arrived.
—Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
However, within moments, the flight crew reported another issue.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Though the sequence of how they were fired is unclear, within moments a panel on the train’s interior would end up with a bullet hole, and Cabey with a serious gunshot wound.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
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Andrew Dampf, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Vonn lost control within moments of leaving the start house, clipping a gate with her right shoulder and pinwheeling down the slope before ending up awkwardly on her back, her skis crisscrossed below her and her screams ringing out soon after medical personnel arrived.
—Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
However, within moments, the flight crew reported another issue.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Though the sequence of how they were fired is unclear, within moments a panel on the train’s interior would end up with a bullet hole, and Cabey with a serious gunshot wound.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Within moments.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20moments. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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