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Pocognoli's style is all about aggressive pressing and fast tempo.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Suppliers and retailers are wary of doing too much, too fast.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
“They have been doing it for so long that they have a shorthand, if you don’t get your words out fast enough, they’ve sped past onto a million other ideas,”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The percentage of Americans who think AI development is moving too fast, according to a national survey by TrueDot for the WSJ Leadership Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
In one rolling motion—the muscles seemed to move within the skin so fast that I couldn’t take half a breath—he turned and came for me.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
"Basically, the gravitational force gets stronger, faster, as you go to shorter distances," Giddings said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
"These changes are aimed at making us faster and more efficient so we can continue to deliver great customer outcomes," said Hargreaves.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
In India, Gleneagles Healthcare’s margins are expected to move closer to Fortis Healthcare’s, while Greater China could provide further upside if losses narrow faster than expected, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
When malware spreads across the internet, the response isn’t to slow technology, but to innovate faster, creating solutions that are technologically superior to the malicious software.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The shadows moved faster than Danny could blink.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
In the left map above, the darkest red areas mark the places where the melt season lengthened fastest during that decade.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
In the center is the crème de la crème: Maison Bordier, the small artisanal house in Brittany whose butters sell out the fastest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
He noted that the reading for services was 58.7, “the best reading in almost five years, and input costs rose at the fastest pace in four, with fuel and transport doing the damage.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The 36-year-old, who is one of the fastest bowlers to ever play for England, has been blighted by injuries throughout his career.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
“Yes, the seabirds will know the fastest way!”
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
By one estimate, Gandhi undertook at least 15 major fasts.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
The streets were busy with shoppers who had broken their fasts ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Still, scientists have had only a limited understanding of exactly how the body responds during longer fasts.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026
In the following years, they built a flourishing movement fighting for farmworkers’ rights, employing marches, fasts and other nonviolent protest actions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
She was as skinny as a boy or a supermodel, or a boy supermodel, and Tiara felt a pang of envy that Petra would never have to endure daily weigh-ins or go on juice fasts.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Wangchuk fasted in scorching heat in the capital, Delhi, for 26 days in June and July, consuming only salt and water.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
He said that he did go to the mosque every Friday, and that he prayed and fasted and raised his children to be good Muslims.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
In came the resistance bands, dead lifts, dumbbells and agility drills, plus a private chef who got a sweet break from 8 p.m. until noon the next day, as Doncic intermittently fasted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2025
The same year, 1988, she fasted in solidarity with her grandfather to protest the use of pesticides on table grapes, and passed out fliers about the issue to grocery store customers in Fresno.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024
“No matter how much I prayed, no matter how much I fasted, she was not getting better.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
The research was led by kinesiology and nutrition professor Krista Varady, a longtime researcher in the field of intermittent fasting.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
However he explained some were losing weight too quickly by fasting for long periods which was not sustainable.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
In late 2022, Elon Musk posted that he lost 30 pounds by fasting and taking semaglutide.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
It is the fasting warming content, heating up twice as fast as the global average, according to the Copernicus climate service.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
As for most Muslims, Ramadan was a special time for me; fasting allowed for spiritual reflection and a remembrance of God and His mercy.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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