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meteor

[mee-tee-er, -awr] / ˈmi ti ər, -ˌɔr /
NOUN
anything that progresses with spectacular speed
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“In the case of climate, we are not the dinosaurs — we are the meteor. We are not only in danger — we are the danger. But we are also the solution.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

A bolide is the only noisy type of meteor.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Another proof of Athene's connection with storm is the miracle she works when she sets a flame to fly from the head of Diomede or of Achilles,*** or fleets from the sky like a meteor.****

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

This consequence is so dependant, that Fromondus De meteor. l.

From The Discovery of a World in the Moone Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet by Wilkins, John




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