on the spur of the moment
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Written on the spur of the moment, Leave Me Alone quickly became the obvious choice to launch Rapp's second album, Bite Me.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
“If you send a sporadic message, on the spur of the moment, to patients and get their hopes up, it’s irresponsible no matter how you try to turn it.”
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2022
Many years ago, my husband and I decided on the spur of the moment to see a Broadway show.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
Bernard Ssembatya said he had been driving by when he spotted the Red Cross’s white tent and went in for a jab on the spur of the moment.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2021
She put that in on the spur of the moment.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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