streaking
Example Sentences
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Many telescopes, especially those doing wide-angle surveys of the sky to search for Earth-threatening asteroids, are seeing observations ruined by bright satellites streaking across their field of view.
From Scientific American
The senior pulled out to the elbow before feinting right, going left, dusting her defender and streaking to the goal.
From Washington Post
Comet Falls, so named because its plume resembles the tail of a streaking comet, has been noted to be between 390 and 460 feet tall.
From Seattle Times
I put my head down and pulled toward the shore, and, when I looked up, several hundred were streaking across the sky.
From New York Times
The loose ball was scooped up by Derrick White and tossed ahead to a streaking Tatum for an one-handed dunk.
From Seattle Times
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