speed away
Example Sentences
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The car must be heading to a car show, part of some classic collection, you think, as you speed away in your solar-charged electric vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024
When police started a traffic stop, the car began to speed away, they said.
From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2022
According to media reports, when police tried to flag down the autorickshaw for over-speeding, the driver tried to speed away.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2022
The slowly moving storm suddenly took a turn north, forcing him to make a U-turn and speed away, trees snapping and power lines falling around him.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2021
He flung his club at it, but the little creature pulled back from his heel and looped, at great speed, away behind one of the white chalk boulders.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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