as in rushing
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as in speeding
to proceed or move quickly
she careered off to the class she'd almost forgotten
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Adjective
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As if rapping from a speeding time machine, Wiki flows about yellow taxis turning into Uber Eats over an instrumental that cruises from a soft breakbeat into a total breakdown of glitchy scratches courtesy of Lil Ugly Mane.
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Josh is faster than a speeding linebacker, more powerful than a defensive lineman, and able to leap tall safeties in a single bound.
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Set over the course of eight years (including the lockdown period during COVID), Herry’s film unfolds fluidly, neither hurrying scenes up unnecessarily, nor lingering too long on any incident.
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No point hurrying toward a resolution that was always receding.
Adjective
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
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Improvements in blood tests, meanwhile, dovetail with rapid developments in treatments for various cancers, making the disease ever more survivable or even curable.
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But be sure to avoid handling things such as gasoline, sunscreen, tobacco, and insect repellent, which will send them scurrying away from even the most tantalizing baits.
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Mahayahay Elementary School, located in the province of Davao Occidental, shared footage on social media showing frightened students squatting on the ground and then scurrying away when a canopy roof collapsed during the quake.
Adjective
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Using flying distance, an approximate 400-mile trip became a 3,550-mile journey.
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The white-gold indices, also hand-engraved, and star trails, evoking the night sky, are joined by 18-karat-pink-gold hands, a visible flying-tourbillon cage, a dual-register split-seconds flyback chronograph, and a semi-Gregorian perpetual calendar.
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With the flip of a light switch and the familiar clunk of a VHS tape sliding into a VCR, memories come rushing back for many collectors and movie lovers.
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Poor planning or rushing decisions can lead to costly and inconvenient design mistakes.
Adjective
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Social media reactions were swift to spot the similarities to the classic skate shoe.
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The night was packed with finishes, including Murtazali Magomedov's rare twister submission and Levan Chokheli's swift TKO.
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In case the winning bidder does not continue racing, the track will have to lay off its workforce.
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But on Naval Base Coronado in San Diego this weekend, NASCAR’s arrival wasn’t simply another destination event or another experiment in taking racing somewhere unusual.
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“Careering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/careering. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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