- present participle of speed.
speeding
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Starbucks is speeding up U.S. service times through increased cafe labor and an order scheduling algorithm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Nonetheless, as cars returned and speeding increased, accidents resumed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
They claim that his alleged speeding does not meet the legal standard for implied malice, meaning to act with a conscious disregard for human life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
A penalty for pit-lane speeding cost Hamilton a further five seconds, and left him behind Leclerc at the end, the Ferraris finishing fourth and fifth.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Clare thought of those who’d abandoned him: the speeding car, the cruel badger.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
And as I went downward through the miles, lo! all the aether of the world seemed to be surged with the silent prayers and speedings of those quiet multitudes.
From The Night Land by Hodgson, William Hope
