And they spend five to ten minutes pitching every feature and growth opportunity they can think of, anything to convince an audience that they have the next big thing.

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The idea behind the foc.us headset is to put it on your noggin, fire it up, and wait for around five to ten minutes, then take it off and go about your day.

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"With wireless charging, the buses are charged at the end of the route, where they change direction and stand for about five to ten minutes - and those little rechargings allow you to keep the bus in operation from 7am till 8pm, " he told the BBC.

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In order to keep playing the game, our survivors are forced to hit zombies with flimsy weapons that will need to be repaired every five or ten minutes.

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For those who've yet to give it a whirl, Babbel uses a mix of repetition, visual cues, spelling exercises and voice recognition, and it does a pretty stellar job of segmenting things into digestible lessons for those who only have five or ten minutes at a time to spare.

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Debates over who to pick largely occur prior to draft day, because teams will have only ten minutes in the first round and five minutes in every other to announce selections.

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X-43C to fly for up to five minutes, rather than a mere ten seconds.

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In New York City , the savviest of visitors make a beeline for The Moth, the storytelling competition where ten audience members volunteer to tell true tales (under five minutes long), which are often broadcast on its popular podcast.

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Thirty-seven percent of workers with commutes of less than five minutes said they experience road rage from time to time, while 54% of those with commutes of less than ten minutes admitted to it.

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