When something came along that they deemed superior, they switched off their radios without a second thought.

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When the Spaniard had asked for the number, the Frenchman had given it to him without a second thought.

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Those ancient New Yorkers and the Dutch and English who followed plundered the area's oyster supply without a second thought.

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Angela, a girl in a wheelchair, raised her hand without a second thought when a call for volunteers went out, and was pushed forward by a family member.

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When I hold my Father's medals, or visit him where he rests at Fort Rosecrans, and see row after row after row of white crosses, I weep for this greatest generation, who sacrificed everything, without a second thought, to give us freedom.

BBC: Witness

Judges and presidents -- and one would presume all other civil officers if you follow their argument to its logical conclusion, including assistant secretaries and others -- must in their view be removed from office if the Senate finds that they committed either offense, removed without a second thought.

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People carelessly jump in and out of social media games without giving them a second thought.

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But when New York needed money to keep going and Carter Burden wanted out of his 34% investment in the magazine, Murdoch swooped in to buy that stake and steal his magazine right away from Clay without so much as a second thought.

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