fast
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It’s what follows: A third straight month of firm underlying inflation reopens the question of how far and how fast the central bank must go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Whether the bet on fossil fuels or renewables wins will shape not just what the world pays for energy, but how fast it can cut the emissions that are heating the planet.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
"Chinese-made chips are improving fast", Su said, with more collaborations likely to come.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
“I just ran fast enough to win,” Everett said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
He’d decided against snowshoes: they’d make walking easier, but slow him down if he had to move fast.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Hensoldt is working to boost production capacity to meet orders, which the company expects will grow significantly faster than revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The company said it was working to boost production capacity in the coming months to make good on its orders, which it expects will grow significantly faster than revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The cost of services are rising slightly faster compared to prepandemic trends, but they are less worrisome now than they were a few years ago.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
The last game in the franchise, "GTA V", was released in 2013 and reached $1 billion in retail sales "faster than any entertainment release in history", Take-Two has said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
This girl is talking faster than I’ve ever heard anybody talk.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Beyond setting a world record, the breakthrough could significantly expand scientists' ability to investigate some of nature's fastest processes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Here, he felt pole was his had he not been told to back off on what he felt would have been his fastest lap after he came across Albon in the twisty middle sector.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
The institutions bought gold at the fastest pace since late 2024, as geopolitical risks and concerns over fiscal discipline bolstered demand, the World Gold Council said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
The country is Southeast Asia's fastest growing hub for new data centres -- warehouse-like buildings crammed with servers that can train and run AI tools such as chatbots and image generators.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
An injection would be fastest, but he couldn’t manage a bottle and needle with his wounded hand.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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
He claims this dream to be divinely inspired, and fasts this day.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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
Chavez and his cause earned international attention, especially after he fasted for 36 days in 1968, ending it by sharing bread with then-presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 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
They isolated themselves and fasted for a while.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
Propionate works alongside other metabolic changes caused by fasting to modify proteins known as histones.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
In effect, fasting helps prepare these cells with the biological instructions they will need if an injury occurs.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Nicknamed 'The Wizard of the Dribble', he would perform stretching and breathing exercises, do extra training and take care of his diet - fasting and not drinking alcohol.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
"We lived a quiet normal life, fasting for a few days then having a small meal," Shukrani said.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Ocean thought Navid was hilarious, and I tried to explain that he wasn’t doing a bit, that Navid was really just, like, super annoying when he was fasting, and Ocean shrugged.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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