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[speed] / spid /




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South Africa will pose a real threat with Mbekezeli Mokoena driving the midfield and the speed of Oswin Appollis and Relebohile Mofokeng on the wings.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Pierluigi Collina, the head of referees, is determined to speed up the matches and to reduce the potential for match-changing mistakes.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“Execution speed is not as quick as we would like on product and inventory clearance, with the remainder of cal-2026 unlikely to deliver positive revenue growth,” wrote RBC analyst Piral Dadhania.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

“It will shift the emphasis from finding issues to validating, prioritizing and fixing at a level of speed and automation to stay ahead of what will be machine-speed attackers,” Taneja said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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




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