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From my starting point in Nashville, Tenn., down to Little Rock, Ark., the Bolt’s nimble handling made for a smooth ride and afforded me time for sightseeing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
“This is the ability to simplify in order to move faster, to be more nimble in decision making and, I think, really create capacity to invest for growth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData, said the latest results show "Nike's brand heat continues to fade and it isn't powerful enough to punch back against more nimble competitors."
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
He reckons he can make a go of it, cutting the cost of parking and overheads, resetting rents and being more nimble than previous far-flung owners.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Otto’s nimble fingers handled the camera with ease, aiming and snapping a photo.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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Increasingly, these families are gaining direct access to these deals through nimbler independent wealth management firms and RIAs, according to Joshua Becker, co-leader of law firm Pillsbury’s Private Client & Family Office practice.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
Critics worry that the quieter, nimbler drones will be used to surveil the public with little oversight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
Cars will be smaller, nimbler and more environmentally friendly.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
While Amazon has the biggest cloud business by revenue, the perception that the tech giant is falling behind nimbler competitors has weighed on the company’s stock price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
“You get tunnel vision. Hammie is a world-class Thief. She’s probably faster and nimbler than any Thief you’ve ever played against. I had to help you out by turning the other power-ups on.”
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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And his vocal runs in a song like “Keith Whitley,” titled after the late country singer, have an appealing gruffness even at their nimblest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
But whether riding an exercise bike or scaling the skeletal set, McKellen is always the nimblest presence; the actor’s the thing, and the audience made its appreciation thunderously clear.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
Gardner has long been considered both one of the nimblest Republican politicians and also one of the most vulnerable.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2020
Our sophisticated global production network—allegedly the nimblest, most efficient supply system in the world—seems unable to make basic adjustments.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2020
Rajesh had once been the most promising of the brothers—the nimblest, the supplest, the most charismatic, the most energetic, the most beloved and idolized by my father and his family.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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