speedy
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Logistics operators’ efforts to automate more warehouses are accelerating as wages rise and consumer demand for speedy deliveries increases, the WSJ Logistics Report’s Liz Young writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
A BBC spokeswoman said: "We wish Brendan a full and speedy recovery and are working with him on plans for Mrs Brown's Boys in 2027."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The next inning, Snell worked around a leadoff hit — a blooper into shallow right field that speedy Tyler Tolbert stretched into a double — and stolen base to strand Tolbert at third.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
And sloppy thinking does not help lead us to a speedy resolution of Social Security’s financial challenges.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Her fingers walk the tightropes of sentences; in her imagination, she walks the decks of the speedy two-funneled frigate called the Abraham Lincoln.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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And because they are smaller and speedier, they also pump less heat into your kitchen.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
When rookie left fielder Ryan Ward walked in the seventh inning, the speedier and more defensively sound Alex Call replaced him on the bases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Amazon customers will have to pay more for speedier deliveries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Reardon, who is still using Facebook groups to help plan a big family vacation to Australia and relishes Facebook tips she has received on speedier immigration lines and packing light, had the last laugh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
Thus, tiny devices that can travel along capillaries to enter and repair living tissue; the ability to heal disease, reverse the ravages of age, or make human bodies speedier and stronger than before.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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In the first half, this pattern occurred but it was Kane making the run in behind and, for all of his quality, he is not the speediest.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
He stayed in front of even the speediest counterparts, hounding them with his active hands to swipe the ball or at the very least prevent them from making the easy pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2023
“Rapid Ruth,” as Ginsburg jokingly called herself, was the court’s speediest writer.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Companies will often choose the speediest delivery for you, but you can sometimes switch to slower delivery when you’re checking out.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
“I’m the twenty-fourth speediest typist in the class.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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