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For the uninitiated, the forgetful or the significant others who will dutifully sit along and watch, here’s a primer to catch you up to speed:
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Investigators are probing factors that may have contributed to the crash, including the plane’s speed, the weather and runway safeguards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Flying several kilometres in the air and close to the speed of a commercial plane, Moscow's new long-range jet-powered drones are causing havoc for Kyiv's stretched air defences.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The LNG equipment added weight to the ship, making it harder to meet the demanding cargo carrying requirements without adopting a bulky hull shape, which in turn had an impact on fuel efficiency and speed.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Because of her speed and her direction changes, forecasters were simply unable to predict where she would make landfall.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
At relatively low speeds, these effects all contribute to pushing the sail forward.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
Artificial intelligence has been a sea change for the workplace, with its capacity to research and analyze reams of information at lightning-fast speeds.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Adding jet engines to Geran drones turns them into less-sophisticated cruise missiles, allowing them to reach speeds of around 300 miles an hour—roughly three times the speed of older versions of the Shahed-type drone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Searle pointed out that Langsang Lirung sits on the crest of the high Himalayas and there are "incredibly steep valleys" on both sides of the mountain, which could have funnelled the water at higher speeds.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The brain shoots fear and the heart speeds and the blood pumps.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Hamal piled into a pickup truck with co-workers and sped downriver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
The drivers sped past the Washington Monument and museums on the National Mall, before passing a finish line with the US Capitol building in frame.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Military trucks sped across winding roads through farmland and quiet villages to one of Europe's most strategic borders, separating Poland and the Russian exclave Kaliningrad.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
He fell asleep watching the silent green boughs of the First Tree, while Wolf sped out of the cave on some mysterious errand of his own.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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
EU leaders agreed at a summit on Thursday that returns of irregular migrants should be speeded up.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 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
She stressed it was an independent process and she was not involved directly but added: "I think everybody wants to see that speeded up."
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
Instead of slowing it down with useless detail as she had done in the beginning, she speeded up the work.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Asics said in June it would spin out the Onitsuka Tiger brand into a wholly owned subsidiary with the goal of speeding up decision-making at the fast-growing business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
However, the verdict does not fully address the multiple effects of a series of pit-lane speeding penalties.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“It’s become a deportation mill, and my clients have been placed on speeding rockets,” Navarrete, the daughter of a Mexican immigrant, told me at her South Gate office around 8 on a recent Monday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
“You can vary the impact on the program’s finances by speeding up or slowing down the phasing schedule,” said Andrew Eschtruth, the director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
My heart is speeding, though, my breaths coming too fast.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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