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were minutes
noun
A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
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In Moscow, they were minutes away from press time.
There were minutes that seemed like hours as I swung the heavy pick.
Like New York, Portland were minutes from recording a victory on Wednesday.
By the time he got to the trade center, the towers were minutes away from collapsing.
They were minutes from kicking off their first 2014 World Cup qualifier, against Mozambique on Friday.
BOSTON — They were minutes from another playoff collapse capped by a Game 7 defeat at home.
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It's minutes versus seconds.
Hiking and swimming are minutes away.
He was minutes away from crashing".
There are minutes of the Trumansburg Methodist Episcopal Church Quarterly Conference meetings.
It was minutes before anyone onstage moved.
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