in nothing flat
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USC put its coaching search into overdrive, from 0 to 60 in nothing flat, swapping out a clunky old jalopy for a shiny turbocharged Lincoln, and now the Trojans are living the life of Riley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
Its slinky songs will seduce an audience in nothing flat, and its story, about the world slipping into brutality while people aren’t paying attention, bears perpetual repeating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2016
When he wanted to, though, he could zip through a complicated, eventful story in nothing flat.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2012
Most people can provide examples in nothing flat, like a weather forecaster for WABC-TV in New York named Amy Freeze or a Swiss psychiatrist who has written about anxiety, Jules Angst.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2011
I could have wrestled that jar from them in nothing flat.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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