fast
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A Yale Budget Lab simulation of fast adoption would set growth above 2% and reduce budget deficits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The risk outweighs the reward of seeing the car go really fast.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
There is also a section of high-speed swerves, Russell said, which is similar to the fast Jeddah street track in Saudi Arabia.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
“The real question is whether this shift is happening fast enough,” Mehta added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s the nastiest-looking fast car on the road.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
Tech hubs across the border in mainland China, such as Alibaba's hometown of Hangzhou, are expanding far faster, spurred by AI investors such as Deepseek and Unitree Robotics.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
My colleague was faster, clocking in at about 15 hours.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
We have no problem using AI ourselves to complete tasks faster and help navigate social encounters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
A hawkish BoJ that commits to further rate hikes, and perhaps more importantly, at a faster pace, could lead to the Japanese yen strengthening further, which would likely ripple across global markets.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
We were outside in the cold night air within seconds, and I pushed myself to run faster.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
The difficulty in overtaking is what makes this a real opportunity for Norris to take a third win of the season, even if the McLaren is not the fastest car.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
At 6-foot-4 and 222 pounds, Smith is one of the biggest receivers in the nation—and also one of the fastest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Rather than simply drawing a line inland, their algorithms identify the fastest walking routes to refuge sites beyond "waves' reach," which local authorities have validated.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
The United States and China are the main users of the canal, which is the fastest maritime route between the east coast of the United States and China.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Luis and I are the fastest kids on the Renegades, and like me, he knows exactly what to do on the basepaths.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
Still, scientists have had only a limited understanding of exactly how the body responds during longer fasts.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026
Six Flags Qiddiya City recently hosted iftar celebrations that marked the end of the daily Ramadan fasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 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
Other cities, too, called for fasts to ofler up their corporate orisons; and, sensible of our distress, they sent flour and rice.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Between 1918 and his assassination in 1948, Gandhi fasted repeatedly - against religious violence, caste discrimination and political discord - turning the empty plate into one of the defining symbols of India's freedom struggle.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 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
When the rats fasted or received insulin, the sensors tracked cytokine levels as they drifted down.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
“Baelor the Blessed prayed and fasted and built the Seven as splendid a temple as any gods could wish for, yet he could not put an end to war and want.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Physical activity was particularly associated with slower cognitive decline among Hispanic participants, while lower fasting blood glucose levels were linked to slower cognitive decline among non-Hispanic white participants.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
"It was actually quite an interesting time to be there, and realising how important religion is to the people of Morocco and how seriously they take the fasting ritual," Smith said.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
In late 2022, Elon Musk posted that he lost 30 pounds by fasting and taking semaglutide.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
At the protest site in the capital Delhi, he began fasting on 28 June and has consumed nothing but salt and water since then, losing more than 9kg.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The next morning we woke early and set out for the chapel, telling our hosts that we were fasting so as not to give them any further bother.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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