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Recent Examples of speed freakLet the record show, however, that the 22-year-old power/speed freak has not slowed down.—
Andy Behrens,
New York Times,
8 June 2026 At the end of that decade, in 1999, as the fourth-generation SL was entering its twilight years, the speed freaks at AMG decided to create a special SL hotrod.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
27 Mar. 2026 Sure, the idea of more power always sounds better to confirmed speed freaks such as myself, but simply turning up the wick wouldn’t keep with the RBW ethos—and might throw that balance fully out of whack, in fact.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025 Yet in that regard, the instantaneous torque of electric propulsion could still provide enough thrust to satisfy speed freaks driving a production Sollei.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes,
20 Sep. 2024 The Ultima line was designed for speed freaks looking to enjoy quick getaways in comfort and style.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
16 Mar. 2023 Reeves has long been known as a speed freak with an extensive motorcycle collection.—
K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
14 July 2022 These events are categorized into easy rider, steady eddy, and speed freak, providing spaces for all kinds of cyclists, and are central to raising funds to support Fearless Flyers.—
Alex Showerman,
Outside Online,
1 June 2021
But even in the consumer technology sphere, other digital surveillance devices pose similar threats to the privacy and well-being of users, especially for women.
Ghosts have gone more mainstream than vampires, no longer grouped with the other weird freaks— the zombies and the werewolves, that paranormal genre once ascribed only to lovers of the macabre.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Sep. 2026
But the stage that Springer cultivated was a gleeful one, a tacky spectacle of shock and depravity, an ungodly home for the freaks who knew just what to do when the lights came on.
Nobody in his immediate circle knows that Bret is gay, enjoying regular dalliances with class pothead Matt (Owen Painter) and pining over Ryan (Daniel Dale).
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2026
The character begins as a rock music-loving pothead who isn't too interested in what's going on with his family.
The residents occasionally gather in a disused rec center but the meetings devolve into rants about immigrants, junkies, thugs and vigilantism.
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Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2026
Abrams delivered a standout performance as an unhoused junkie thief in the critical and commercial hit that would go on to win an Oscar (Amy Madigan as best supporting actress).