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[hur-tl] / ˈhɜr tl /


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They weren’t even sure the video was real when they watched the jar hurtle across their screens at exactly the right angle for the label to spin into focus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

The accident, which saw the picture-postcard 19th-century Gloria tramway hurtle into a building after careering off the rails, shocked the Portuguese capital, laying bare fears over the safety of the popular yet ageing tourist attraction.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

As these battered vans hurtle through the desert, it’s obvious that “Sirât” believes the age of “Mad Max” has already begun.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025

The candidates, once leading characters in the American story, hurtle back into supporting roles or relative obscurity.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2024

Every muscle in my body tenses as I hurtle toward the ground.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

While Hurricane Polo hurtles around the Pacific, there isn't a trace of the usual cyclones off Mexico's opposite coast, near Solis's native Yucatan.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

As OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, hurtles toward a planned initial public offering this year, valued at around $850 billion, the question persists—how to determine whether decisions serve the company’s best interest or Altman’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

A few months and one tutorial from Anthropic’s Claude AI model later, Marks’s latest investment memo has the header “AI hurtles ahead.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026

As the number of registered .ai domains hurtles toward the million mark, Anguillians will hope this money is managed safely and invested in their future.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025

Here the Metro hurtles beneath the sidewalk: that’s the Quai Saint-Bernard.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Pursuing three doomed relationships, she hurtled from her 30s, still dreaming of a husband and child, to her early 50s, with severely constricted options.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Sprinting robots hurtled themselves full-speed into a wall like Forrest Gump with a death wish.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Pilot Jakob Mandlbauer was stretchered off after the bob hurtled down the track for a good 30 seconds on its side.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

So when Dubois hurtled into the limelight of pro boxing aged 19, it was very much a case of boy meets world.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024

Missy hardly noticed, just hurtled forward full speed, a magnificent roar issuing from her wide-open maw.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

Asian equities slumped Friday as the rout in stocks tied to the artificial-intelligence boom continued, sending tech-heavy indexes hurtling toward bear-market territory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Are we hurtling into a future of flying cars now?

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Releasing a hurtling hunk of metal without knowing where it would go and what would happen is too likely to cause harm.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

Whilst firefighters shouted for everybody to run away, Berriff said he "stayed there, looking through the small viewfinder on my camera to see 250,000 tonnes of metal and girders hurtling towards me".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The golden sphere came hurtling over the ledge.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander


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