By comparison, power plants typically take several minutes to respond to instability on the power grid.

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Recent studies have shown that people who are interrupted from a task take several minutes to return to full concentration.

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Here's why: Take several minutes of unpaid work a day, multiply it by a population of hundreds of workers, let damages accumulate over several years, and double the wage loss.

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This final collapse of the surface might take anything from a few minutes to several hours.

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Several times a week, and even sometimes on days when they're pitching, they take a few minutes to play catch with someone who is standing unusually far away from them.

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The goalscorer was dangerous on the left wing in the second half, producing several good crosses that Kolbeinn Sigtorsson failed to take advantage of, twice heading over the bar in the opening 15 minutes.

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