But the sudden nature of their occurrence can prove disastrous, particularly in the seconds before touchdown, experts say.
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In the seconds before a stroke, duffers' eyes tend to dart around without purpose or function while elite players control their gaze.
"(There were) dozens and dozens of acts of courage that took place in the seconds when that wall came in, " the chief said.
In the seconds before the insight appears, a brain area called the superior anterior temporal gyrus (aSTG) exhibits a sharp spike in activity.
Now that almost any book can be delivered almost anywhere in the seconds it takes to download from the internet of course bookshops are suffering.
The recorders capture information about how fast you were going and whether you slammed on the brakes in the seconds before and after a crash.
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In the seconds and minutes after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake shook the island nation of Japan to its core, Twitter brought the news to the world.
The second stage opened the capsule in 144 seconds, separated itself from the rocket in 266 seconds and fell on the open waters of the Pacific 1, 646 km off from the launching station, that is 40 degrees 13 minutes north latitude 149 degrees 07 minutes east longitude.
And Ashton singled out scrum-half Wigglesworth, who capped off a fine debut with a score in the corner in the final seconds of the match.
Upending defending national champ Miami in the closing seconds in front of the whole country was the fitting exclamation point that propelled him to true legend status.
McCutcheon's goal was his final involvement in the game as he received his second caution in the dying seconds of the contest to leave Cavan with only 13 players.
Scarlets made their pressure and the extra man tell in the dying seconds of the first half as Williams wriggled over in the corner.
In the 200m backstroke , Australia's Meagen Nay produced a Games record 2:07.56 to outstrip Simmonds in the dying seconds of the race, as the English swimmer took silver in a time of 2:07.90.
Notes: The Pacers' only previous Game 1 win in New York had been exactly 18 years earlier, when Reggie Miller scored eight points in the closing seconds to stun the Knicks in a 107-105 victory.
Singler (14 points) each made a 3-pointer before Johnathan Loyd capped the 25-8 run to end the half with another from the top of the arc in the final seconds, lifting his hand in the air after giving Oregon a 35-19 lead at the break.
Meanwhile, Rask flashed the glove to steal away a sure goal from Phanuef in the dying seconds of the second period.
Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang pounded Islanders forward Matt Martin into the boards in the final seconds of the game, prompting a scuffle, then a fight.
The Bulls had a chance to win in the closing seconds of the second extra session, but Joakim Noah was blocked, and the game went to a third OT.
The Bulls had a chance to win in the closing seconds of the next extra session, but Joakim Noah was blocked, and the game went to a third overtime.
And when Harris knocked over his second kick of the game in the dying seconds, the game - and the precious two Tri-Nations points - were safe for Britain.
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First a fired-up Johnson looped a header just past the post, before Jerome was hauled down by Steve Gohouri just outside the area in the dying seconds of the half.
No, the end came with New Jersey coach Pete DeBoer off the bench, having been ejected in the final seconds for the latest round of unsportsmanlike conduct directed at the officials.
Sebastian Vettel will start third on the grid after young Lotus driver Romain Grosjean, 26, snatched second place from the reigning world champion in the final seconds of the day's racing.
New Zealand captain DJ Forbes, who played with a hairline fracture in his lower leg, was devastated after his side were overhauled in the last seconds in front of largely partisan 35, 000 crowd.
The Czech midfielder ought to have grabbed himself a second goal in the closing seconds of the half but sent his diving header wide from five yards following a fine Aiden McGeady cross.
In the history of the Super Bowl, perhaps no other game illustrates this point more dramatically than XLII when the Giants came from behind to defeat the Patriots in the last seconds of the game.
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Nani scored the second with a spectacular rising drive from the edge of the area nine minutes before the interval and Rooney, inevitably, was the man on the spot as United increased their lead in the closing seconds of the half.
The Blue Bull added the extra two points and a Springbok counter-attack in the final seconds of the half forced Ma'a Nonu to handle the ball from an offside position, allowing Steyn to give South Africa a nine-point cushion at the interval.
Docherty's first defence of the Commonwealth super-featherweight title against Abdul Malik Jabir at Glasgow's Bellahouston Sports Centre in November 2003 appeared doomed when the challenger opened up a nasty gash above his opponent's left eye in the opening seconds of the bout.
Ellie triumphed in five minutes 19.17 seconds in London to beat the world record by more than five seconds in the S6 400m freestyle.
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