from one moment to the next

Quickly and/or suddenly. Rich is stable right now, but the doctor warned us that things could change from one moment to the next.

See also: moment, next, one

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Macro food and beverage consumption behaviors are slow to shift, akin to the movement of the continental plates," said Darren Seifer, food and beverage industry analyst at NPD/'If you sit and stare at the plates along a fault line you're not going to observe any discernible difference from one moment to the next.

Sensible shifts

In normal time you move from one moment to the next, sunrise to sunset, birth to death.

Recovering from moral injury

The winds in Abu Dhabi can shift from one moment to the next, blowing in from a completely different direction," said Jim DiMatteo, the Race Director.

Red Bull Air Race: Defending champion Nigel Lamb ready to wow Abu Dhabi

From one moment to the next, the snarling beasts turned into cooing doves, crowding around the poor girl to offer their gallant attentions.

Comment: Challenge of a multicultural workplace

Not knowing what you are doing from one moment to the next will make you irritable.

STARS

A cell normally operates in a certain way -- from left to right, let's say -- but sometimes it happens, from one moment to the next, that it goes from right to left.

The relationship between cinema and reality

So far, so good - except for the fact that in this country we can't actually guarantee the kind of weather we're going to get from one moment to the next.

Pick your moment to see if a home is ideal for you; PROPERTYEXPERT Spring is often a busy period for house buying and selling. Derek Abbott of Hollier Browne Estate Agents looks at whether there is a prime time for viewing

The brain has learned that the real world usually doesn't change suddenly, and it applies that knowledge to make our visual experience more consistent from one moment to the next," Jason Fischer, a postdoctoral fellow at MIT and lead author of the study, which he conducted while he was a Ph.

Why missing out on subtle visual changes keeps us sane

Sudan, Siyami Hocaoy-lu, described the situation in the troubled African country as changing from one moment to the next.

21 Turkish citizens arrive in Ankara, fleeing S.Sudan violence

It's about women who transition with style from one moment to the next in their busy, brilliant lives, and are authentic, inspiring and generous in everything they do.

Chic. Life. Style

There are times in the year when the temperature suddenly rises sharply, the wind picks up from one moment to the next and in the space of twenty minutes the sun disappears and the sky turns dirty ochre.

Dusty days

The days pass from one to another during this strange period, and the old man knows that anything can happen from one moment to the next in this beautiful and tragic setting.

The Automaton of Venice

From one moment to the next, I didn't know what was going to happen" - Actor Charlie Sheen, on his hell-raising days.

They Said What?

Strong winds and rain of differing intensity served to change track conditions from one moment to the next and another windy, showery day is expected today.

Bad weather conditions point to champion sell; SPREADWISE

Investors need clear and secure regulations, and they need to know we won't be changing the rules from one moment to the next.

Spotlight on El Salvador: the countries of the hemisphere will gather in this Central American nation when it hosts the OAS General Assembly