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Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

He said he was confident the prime minister would want to find who the anonymous briefer was and "get rid of them if he can find out".

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

The answers have grown into stories, now briefer than before but still mostly complete.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024

If my husband and I were fine spinning the wheel of chance, our search would have been much briefer.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024

Today, our jet planes have made even the longest intercontinental flights briefer than the duration of any human infectious disease.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond