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hurtle

verb as in plunge, charge

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This had caused alarm that Argentina could be hurtling towards an economic crisis.

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The accident, which saw the picture-postcard 19th-century Gloria tramway hurtle into a building after careering off the rails, killed 16 people and laid bare fears over the safety of the popular yet ageing tourist attraction.

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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.

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The judge said he had stepped into the road in a way many others would have done and had been sent "hurtling" into the air.

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It is an image of industrial power and might, from an era when Germany was hurtling towards decades of devastating war.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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