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Recent Examples of rapid-fire Ransomware groups that once relied on patient reconnaissance can now launch high-volume, rapid-fire attacks. Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Some have voiced frustration over the rapid-fire variants, joking that their wallets can’t keep up. Bryan West, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025 In the fall of her senior year, Jordan falls in with Sam and Yash, star students living in an intoxicating world of academic rigor, rapid-fire banter and spirited card games. Lizz Schumer, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025 From there, most of the trailer consists of rapid-fire flashes of unsettling imagery, including a man yelling with blood dripping from his mouth, muddy human footsteps on a hardwood floor, blood rinsing down a bathtub drain, and a distressed shriek from Indy. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rapid-fire
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapid-fire
Adjective
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The shift follows decades of rapid economic growth since the market reforms of the late 1980s, coupled with rising urban living costs and changing generational attitudes toward family planning.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • International sales have already been unsurprisingly brisk.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
  • All forms of exercise are helpful, and a great choice is simply taking a brisk walk every day.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Here is a quick tour through recent vision tech, with examples of prescription eyeglasses tailored to specific uses.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Fessceruna 3-Piece Loungewear Set Fessceruna’s three-piece loungewear set is perfect for cozying up at home on the couch, running quick errands, and enduring long travel days.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This is how long each of the players to score 100 goals in the competition took to reach their centuries, with Messi (123 games) just edging out Lewandowski (125) as the fastest of the trio.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, his day job may be entering a new phase as fledgling companies leave the nest and head off on their own — faster than new ones launch.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • As his health faded in the last year of his life, Neruda rushed to finish his story, which gives the last chapters of his book a galloping, fragmented quality.
    Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 June 2021
  • Designed by renowned architect Dominique Perrault, its four stories tilting forward are said to evoke a galloping horse.
    Rob Hodgetts at Longchamp, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019

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“Rapid-fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapid-fire. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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