pace
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The company has been struggling to pick up the pace of production after scaling it back during the Covid pandemic, primarily due to problems with suppliers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Individual investors are dumping stocks at the fastest pace since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from one widely followed research shop.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Along with devastating pace, his driving is decisive, committed and cool.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Then, as the pace slowed in the men's 10,000m, three sodden runners came together.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Once we can finally see the end of the trail, he increases the pace a little more.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
"As expected, we didn't detect gamma rays from Mars, but we put the instrument through its paces, and it performed excellently."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
A chatbot can fool an adult anytime but a toddler could spot a fake at 50 paces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
It went four paces long and spun back to set up an easy birdie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
But to really put it through its paces, it requires testing in space-like conditions on parabolic flights.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
“Stop a minute, though,” he said, wheeling round before we had gone many paces.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
The briskly paced film is equally entertaining while recounting her wild adventures of yore and while following her around Manhattan and Fire Island today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Legally Blonde was "fun, fresh and brilliantly paced", she writes, but Elle is "dour, boring and tedious" despite its solid supporting cast, which includes James Van Der Beek in one of his final acting roles.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
There he paced the salons and galleries of the newest neoclassical townhouses, there he studied the remains of classical antiquity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Robinhood said revenue rose 15% to $1.07 billion, paced by a 32% jump from its Robinhood Gold program, a monthly subscription that offers perks such as higher interest on uninvested brokerage cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Ampai chewed on her thumbnail as she paced in front of her desk.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
How did you approach pacing your performance in the confines of a single day at work?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Meta stock rose 10% to $621.40, pacing toward its largest single-day jump since January, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
The 39-year-old American was pacing a mile group at a Sir Walter Miler pop-up event on Tuesday when she reportedly collapsed and needed CPR.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
During filming, Blunt would wake up at 6 a.m. to voice notes and thoughts Spielberg had while pacing around in the middle of the night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Suddenly he glimpsed the tigress, pacing back and forth.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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