zip
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Atop a low credenza, he displayed a black, leather suitcase that housed inside of it an old laptop attached to an external zip drive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Ben Earl and Freeman were both close to claiming clever kicks ahead with the tryline close at hand, with Jack van Poortvliet bringing some of the zip that was sorely absent in Johannesburg.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The new rich zip past crumbling neoclassical townhouses on Havana's famous seaside Malecon boulevard in SUVs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
However, that underperformance by businesses that serve beer in zip codes with larger Hispanic populations was moderating, despite overall consumer pressures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
His mom giggles, then pretends to zip her lips.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
Hershey Pa.’s Christian Pulisic set up a sequence that led to a Paraguay own goal, and then, not long after, zipped a centering pass to the 24-year-old Balogun to make it 2-0.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Ohtani zipped it in at knee level, and Carroll drilled it into the ground, right to second baseman Alex Freeland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
“It’s a safety issue,” O’Connor said from his deck as an e-biker zipped past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Then he zipped up the bag, slammed the car door shut, and walked out of the lot, onto the sidewalk, and off down the street.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
Since he had the credit card his mother gave him “for groceries only,” he zipped through the aisles of the cramped market and grabbed everything he knew he needed to create Spanish tapas!
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Chargers rookie wide receiver Brenen Thompson said he doesn’t love zipping around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
The awesome technological advances of world-leading American engineers at Anthropic, OpenAI and elsewhere, could be zipping the country further ahead of China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
It makes the standing areas feel intimate - more like a club show than a stadium concert - with Styles zipping around the borders, blowing kisses and posing for cameras throughout the night.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
While hurtling through deep space and zipping around the Moon, the Artemis astronauts took thousands of photographs, amassing a stunning portfolio of images.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
The towns were zipping by faster now, islands of light thicker together, until the whole landscape below was a glittering carpet.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
