Early
Early adverb - Before the usual or expected time.
Short
Short adverb - With great suddenness.
Both words in one sentence
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In a very early and short-term example, The Three Stooges flee trouble in an ice cream truck — a couple of hours later Moe and Larry pull Curly from the back, who is frozen solid.
Source: Human Popsicle - Game of Thrones: The series itself has a great many themes but it its core is that while evil will gain early and short sighted victories, by its very nature will fail and collapse in on itself.
Source: Central Theme / Live-Action TV -
Name's the Same: A 1960's Bugs Bunny short would also share the name of "Dumb Patrol", which was also the name of an early Bosko short.
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