speed
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"Running will not help," nor will trying to flee by vehicle, Sharif added, because the mud and water moving at high speed form a lethal combination "like liquid concrete."
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Investors are more concerned about the company’s guidance for the future on topics such as the schedule of new generations of products and the speed and cost of the AI infrastructure build-out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Noah Brier gets us up to speed on the state of artificial intelligence right now; from the A.I. arms race with China to the probability that we are all doomed.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
The researchers tested many possible scenarios, changing the impactor's size, speed, and impact angle while also varying assumptions about the internal structure of Deimos.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
She worked with such speed and rhythm, her fingers and knitting needles became a blur.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Entire galaxies travel through these enormous structures at speeds that cannot be explained by their observed mass alone.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
The BBC's Helena Humphrey took a test drive ahead of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, where IndyCar race cars will push speeds of 180mph in Washington DC.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Santa Ana wind gusts were forecast to reach speeds of 60 to 80 miles per hour, with peak gusts of 90 miles per hour in the mountains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
In a market where computing power is in short supply, Cerebras’s latest artificial-intelligence hardware promises ultrafast inference speeds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
He speeds between my legs and bounces around the room, knocking over boxes, jumping onto furniture, and spilling open soda cans on the burgundy rug.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Its observations may ultimately help scientists better understand how the universe evolved and why its expansion has sped up over time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
He added that doing so has sped up the schedule—the rail project expects to lay the first track by the end of this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Last January, it sped across the £35m barrier and now it's knocking on the door of £50-£60m on new players.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The quarterback has worked diligently to change his shotgun stance, now putting his left foot in front of his right, and has sped up his decision making to get the ball to playmakers in space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Dust swirled as we sped past pepper trees and Mexican palms.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
It wasn’t long before USC finally speeded away from Iowa, with Desmond Claude and Saint Thomas taking control to close out the Hawkeyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
However, a smaller majority of 58% wanted the use of renewable energy sources and moving to a greener economy speeded up, according to another recent Eurobarometer survey.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024
But the biggest thing Ghai and his family are doing does not directly involve workers at all: They’ve speeded up and expanded their use of technology, especially AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
The move speeded things up but raised concerns of potential corruption — a worry Syniehubov asserted was overstated.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
As I approached the classroom, he speeded up, coming closer to me.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
They can’t pretend that speeding through the breeze could liberate them from day-to-day life, and the singer asks, retrospectively, “Do you look forward to the past / Or forward to today?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The film introduces us to Ricky Bobby’s family with a gross-out splat, implying the soon-to-be stock car racer was born in the back of a speeding Chevelle driven by his reprobate father.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The 48-year-old president drew criticism after Paris Match magazine splashed a photo of Macron speeding across the Riviera on a jet ski across its cover.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Domestic workers, labourers and other pedestrians routinely dodge speeding traffic, and many are killed trying to cross.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
My mind is racing, speeding through the hours and days and months ahead, and my heart is pounding, and I can’t even bring myself to stop or wipe away the burning tears on my cheeks.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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