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[speed] / spid /




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Using high speed and infrared cameras, they closely documented the animals and recorded their remarkable behavior.

From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026

Other companies are also working on advanced drilling technology, such as projectiles that move several times faster than the speed of sound.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

The one-off costs disclosed Thursday relate mostly to removing organizational layers as it seeks to speed up decision making.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

New management is a good first step, but they can only do so much to speed up the product and innovation cycle.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

Chip and Katherine hadn’t played a soccer game or pedaled quite as frantically as Jonah had earlier, but neither of them seemed any more eager than he was to speed home.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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