fast
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Under normal operating conditions, the graphite moderator slows fast neutrons, helping sustain the nuclear chain reaction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Maybe my bitter apples are over the fact that my son Joe is fast aging out of the pick-your-own demographic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"Now consumers are going to have the same experience of getting everything updated often and fast," he wrote on X.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
But those resources are fast depleting for responders on the ground.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Reluctantly we dropped the other things on the heap that was fast becoming a mountain.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The government spending helped Xinjiang’s economy grow faster than China overall in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The storm will also bring wet and windy weather across the whole of the UK on Saturday with poor travelling conditions expected due to surface water and spray on faster roads and motorways.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The genre takes a distinctly techno-infused approach to the dembow rhythm, stripping reggaeton of any acoustic elements and assembling them anew on a laptop to sound colder and faster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
It said China had been the key driver, its sales there advancing nearly three times faster than the overall market, with the luxury segment also growing.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
I enjoyed it and it helped make the eleven-hour workday go faster.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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On a company level, he thinks those chief executives who adopt and harness AI fastest will be the big winners.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The nation's spy chief, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation director-general Mike Burgess, warned last year politically motivated violence was among the agency's fastest growing security concerns, driven by "grievance narratives, conspiracies and online echo chambers".
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
"They flood in and start dividing at the fastest rates seen in corals."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Inflation accelerated in September to its fastest pace since April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“A charming suggestion,” he said, “but I cling to the family motto. He travels the fastest who travels alone. Perhaps you have not heard of it.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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Bishnoi meditates every morning and fasts many days of the month, the cousin said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Still, scientists have had only a limited understanding of exactly how the body responds during longer fasts.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026
Community iftar or open iftar events are gaining popularity as well around the country where people of diverse communities and all faiths join Muslims in breaking their fasts and share a meal.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025
Bonta, who intermittently fasts and tries not to eat before noon, was sticking to black coffee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025
As she carved, she thought about her mother’s crazy diets: Juice fasts.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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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
He was joined by thousands who fasted with him and held demonstrations.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
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
She even slept and fasted in the woods for a name, but the spirits were stubborn.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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"We lived a quiet normal life, fasting for a few days then having a small meal," Shukrani said.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Research suggests that intermittent fasting may improve blood-sugar control in people with Type 2 diabetes.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
None of this means intermittent fasting is useless.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
After Wangchuk and others were moved to hospital, Neha continued fasting despite having lost 8kg.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
But the nuns are fasting now, eating only bread with salt and water.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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