buy time
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So the main solution right now is for crews to do their best to keep the tank as cool as possible — and buy time.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Warsh would buy time to make other changes at the Fed that he has long advocated.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
For iFast Capital’s Kevin Khaw Khai Sheng, the central bank’s latest measures can buy time “and slow the bleeding,” but not much more.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
In the first stages of a pandemic, like early 2020 with Covid, a universal vaccine could buy time and save lives while a specialist vaccine was being developed.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
I’ll buy time another way: Ask anyone over twenty-nine about their love life and you can stop the clock cold for fifteen minutes, minimum.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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