as in quickly
with great speed
the hungry men dived into the food and, presto, it was gone
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An informant for the FBI quickly identified members of the Ku Klux Klan as her killers.
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With all that experience continuing into high school, Anderson quickly emerged as a top prospect.
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Make your life easier, and your travel day quicker, by purchasing a variety of 3-ounce reusable travel bottles to keep all your toiletries in, from spray bottles for aerosols and squeeze bottles for liquid soaps or moisturizers.
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That includes a pair of loose capri pants inspired by Jennifer Lopez as well as some quick-drying shorts from Lands’ End that are currently 40 percent off.
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The export ban and subsequent negotiations with Anthropic underscored the lack of a consistent regulatory framework around AI, even as the technology advances rapidly and the US tries to stay ahead of global competitors like China.
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But now, with rapidly increasing cloud and compute costs, the idea of building a sovereign hospital data center has started to gain popularity.
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Democrats offered the legislation, which failed on a party-line vote, ahead of a fast-approaching July 1 deadline, when the borrowing limits will take effect for Americans nationwide.
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How visual clutter quietly overstimulates the brain Visual noise adds up faster than most people realize.
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UConn fires back UConn swiftly fired back at the concerns raised by the advisory board when contacted by The Courant for comment.
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Even 6 inches of swiftly moving water can forcefully knock you off your feet.
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Turner, a family attorney, told attendees that Crump would be traveling to Senatobia soon to continue the push for accountability.
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.
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The HDDs can all be hot-swapped.
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There was plenty of hot-dogging to go around.
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“Presto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presto. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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