as in to jog
to go at a pace faster than a walk
he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late
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Recent Examples of sprint
Soto came sprinting in from right field as Castellanos rounded third base and threw home to catcher Hayden Senger.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
While reporting from Iraq in 2003, Owens sprinted to give Pelley a gas mask after hearing an explosion overhead, creating the impression that a chemical attack had launched.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
Thousands of zombies sprint through the snow and ice to throw themselves against the high walls of the city.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Addressed an issue where players could pass through movable objects while sprinting inside kofuns.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
While reporting from Iraq in 2003, Owens sprinted to give Pelley a gas mask after hearing an explosion overhead, creating the impression that a chemical attack had launched.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
Thousands of zombies sprint through the snow and ice to throw themselves against the high walls of the city.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Addressed an issue where players could pass through movable objects while sprinting inside kofuns.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprint
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Each robot also had its own human operators, usually a group of two of three who jogged alongside it throughout the race.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
21 Apr. 2025
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Whether that’s slowly jogging in a pool or trying aquatic high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is up to you.—
Kristen Fischer,
Health,
9 Apr. 2025
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Instead, Sanders and AOC have been trotting across the U.S.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Apr. 2025
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The footage showed two black cows and one brown cow trotting together on the freeway as a driver and their passenger rolled down the window to film.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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This story will run after Episode 4, but in Episode 3, clearly Dina wants something to happen in the tent.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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Applicants will be selected in August, and the program will run from September through November in New York City.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
5 May 2025
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China, in particular, is racing to close the gap by pouring state investment into its universities.—
Sarah Kreps,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Apr. 2025
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The Danish drugmaker is racing to capture more patients now that many compounding pharmacies are legally restricted from making cheaper, unapproved versions of Wegovy, with rare exceptions.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
29 Apr. 2025
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During the event the horses gallop over natural country terrain, contending with obstacles of logs, stonewalls, water, banks and ditches.—
Tim Genske,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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It’s also called Ghost Riders in the Sky, a reference to an old country song about phantom cowboys galloping after demon cattle.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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By learning from historical data and classification patterns, AI can help reduce human error, speed up the classification process, and handle enormous product catalogs with ease.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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This specifically is said to speed up the healing process and provide hydration on steroids.—
Perrie Samotin,
Glamour,
3 May 2025
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“Sprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprint. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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