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Flash in the pan

"Flash in the pan" in a Sentence (4 examples)

The concept turned out to be merely a flash in the pan and is no longer used.

The new dinner lady: 10 years on, can an Ottolenghi chef prove Jamie Oliver's revolution wasn't a flash in the pan? [title]

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He was named Best New Director of 1940, but his career was a flash in the pan.

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