sprint
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But Great Britain's new sprint sensation forewarned everyone exactly what was coming here.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Crowley and his backers had undertaken an intense late-July sprint to persuade Democrats to coalesce around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
When William Fleming, James’s brother, was voted his family’s representative for the 50 meter sprint, the pressure was palpable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
A track has to pay more to host a sprint.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
I was entered in the hundred-meter sprint along with all the other kids.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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Inside AI companies and larger tech companies working furiously on AI projects, however, such sprints can be extreme.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
At OpenAI and Anthropic, for instance, sprints can stretch on for many weeks and top 90 hours of work in a seven-day period, tech workers that the BBC spoke to for this story said.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The kid known for his electric speed ranks only ninth in total sprints on his own team and his average speed has been below his teammate Aymeric Laporte’s—even though Laporte is a central defender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
It’s tempting to portray competition in the quantum space as a mad dash, akin to the high-stakes sprints to commercialize cloud compute and artificial intelligence.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
But she's heard something, not me, because her head turns away, toward the drop-off, and she sprints for the woods.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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Infantino sprinted across the stage and appeared to attempt to usher Trump out of frame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Springboks took advantage of the alterations when another loose kick was worked to wing Williams who sprinted away for the bonus-point try.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
In contrast, Spain have been the hardest-working of the final four as they've run, sprinted and pressed the opposition the most out of the semi-finalists.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
He sprinted back on defense and blocked a shot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
She wove through the crowd, sprinted down streets, leaped across intersections.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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Now consistently able to produce personal-best performances, the silverware is beginning to follow, and this golden moment signalled a changing of the guard at the top of British sprinting.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Gauff drilled her footwork, working to optimize her explosive speed for a slippery surface where hard stops and aggressive sprinting can often backfire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
SOMERS, N.Y.—Robert Carleton was getting the mail one day in April when he saw a group of teenage boys sprinting away from nearby woods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The celebrations were euphoric, with players sprinting towards the match-winning defender before collapsing into a jubilant huddle, marking one of the defining moments in their team's history.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
There was a sharp snap of rope breaking, and Nox’s cry of fear and rage, and Celaena took off, sprinting across the backs of the four gargoyles before she launched herself into the void.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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