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: a point where an arch rises from its support
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Once onto the lonely and demanding roads that cross the bleak emptiness of the Exmoor National Park, the DBX shows remarkable body control over rollercoaster dips and compressions, the gentle springing perfectly matched by the no-nonsense adaptive dampers.
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Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 9 Aug. 2020
They, fellow fast-acting Chiefs fan Paul Contreras and other bystanders are being credited with springing into action as the celebration turned to chaos.
—Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
The team will need to create more chances for him as a downfield threat, but there’s no questioning his gift for springing free from the slot, his reliable hands or his ferocious thirst to reach the end zone.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
Those savings will apparently stick around through next week, which could entice some mobile shoppers into springing for the new mint color.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2024
Perhaps one of these things will happen; the Kremlin and the Ukrainian army both have a way of springing surprises.
—Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 11 May 2022
So on Tuesday, with almost no warning and no debate, the Senate unanimously passed legislation to do away with the biannual springing forward and falling back that most Americans have come to despise, in favor of making daylight saving time permanent.
—New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
View full post on Instagram Paolo also shared a video of Nicole doing some intense springing on the treadmill in January 2023.
—Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 7 Apr. 2023
From there, always with the idea of home dangling in front of him, Beau ventures, lost, into a forest where a traveling theater troupe puts on elaborate shows springing, seemingly, straight from our protagonist’s subconscious.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 9 Aug. 2020
They, fellow fast-acting Chiefs fan Paul Contreras and other bystanders are being credited with springing into action as the celebration turned to chaos.
—Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
The team will need to create more chances for him as a downfield threat, but there’s no questioning his gift for springing free from the slot, his reliable hands or his ferocious thirst to reach the end zone.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
Those savings will apparently stick around through next week, which could entice some mobile shoppers into springing for the new mint color.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2024
Perhaps one of these things will happen; the Kremlin and the Ukrainian army both have a way of springing surprises.
—Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 11 May 2022
So on Tuesday, with almost no warning and no debate, the Senate unanimously passed legislation to do away with the biannual springing forward and falling back that most Americans have come to despise, in favor of making daylight saving time permanent.
—New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
View full post on Instagram Paolo also shared a video of Nicole doing some intense springing on the treadmill in January 2023.
—Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 7 Apr. 2023
From there, always with the idea of home dangling in front of him, Beau ventures, lost, into a forest where a traveling theater troupe puts on elaborate shows springing, seemingly, straight from our protagonist’s subconscious.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
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“Springing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/springing. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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