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fleetingly

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However fleetingly, Kafka and his unmoored translators found in literature a place of belonging that felt impossible to them in life.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

True to its Greek name meaning "unstable," it exists only fleetingly in nature.

From Science Daily Nov. 11, 2025

Ms Paice says she fleetingly imagined they had come for Churchill's childhood lock of hair, which the palace displays.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2025

It’s a phenomenon fleetingly rare among mammals, found only in some primates, bats, and elephant shrews.

From Slate Sep. 7, 2024

I saw Harry fleetingly a couple of years ago at the recovery centre in Wiltshire.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro