zip

Example Sentences

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Even after his release, his combat-gear-clad image, zip ties in hand, became a visual he couldn’t outrun.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

A 10-year-old boy is in hospital after falling while preparing to take on a zip wire on a school trip.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Millions of exhaust-belching motorbikes zip through Hanoi's narrow streets every day fuelling its chronic air pollution, but authorities have backtracked from an ambitious plan to ban them in favour of electric two-wheelers.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

By the time the Masters teed off, McIlroy could’ve dropped a ball anywhere in that zip code and been ready to hit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Neither of them comes after me, either, when I crawl into the tent and zip it shut.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender