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Initially priced at $9.25 million, the price was lickety-split dropped to $8.75 million.
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Mark David, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2023
In the handful of years between the end of World War I and the 1929 stock market crash, Los Angeles became, lickety-split, the aviation capital of the nation.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
Thankfully, the accelerator isn’t overly sensitive, because pinning it rockets the MoonBike to its 26-mph claimed top speed lickety-split.
—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2023
Mark David, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2023
In the handful of years between the end of World War I and the 1929 stock market crash, Los Angeles became, lickety-split, the aviation capital of the nation.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
Thankfully, the accelerator isn’t overly sensitive, because pinning it rockets the MoonBike to its 26-mph claimed top speed lickety-split.
—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2023
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“Lickety-split.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lickety-split. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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