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
Chris also gets sidelined by the protest traffic, and chooses to put on her running shoes and sprint to her daughter’s recital when taking a car there proves impossible.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Sep. 2025
Muniz even sprinted over to him to deliver a pat on the back.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
The junior collected a direct snap, then sprinted to his right in search of a seam.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
Booth sprinted to paydirt on a 2-yard direct-snap touchdown run for a 38-7 lead early in the fourth quarter.
—Zach Cavanagh, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Sep. 2025
Muniz even sprinted over to him to deliver a pat on the back.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
The junior collected a direct snap, then sprinted to his right in search of a seam.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
Booth sprinted to paydirt on a 2-yard direct-snap touchdown run for a 38-7 lead early in the fourth quarter.
—Zach Cavanagh, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprint
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To find the best folding treadmill, our team of PEOPLE testers tried 26 options at home, walking and jogging at least four times per week during the trial period.—
Claire Harmeyer,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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On the final day of the 2008 regular season, a 20-year-old Clayton Kershaw jogged in from the bullpen at then-AT&T Park to pitch the bottom of the sixth.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Since then, however, the floodgates have opened and many Big Brother alums have tried their hand at the globe-trotting CBS series over the years, with two BB couples (Cody Nickson and Jessica Graf as well as Derek Xiao and Claire Rehfuss) winning the show.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Sep. 2025
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But each time, the group ignored his attempts to join in, leaving Rylo trotting by himself.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Kuina is teaching karate at her father’s dojo, Heiya is an influencer, Aguni is running the Hatter’s hat shop, and Niragi is trying to be better for his kid.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Developed by the late Silvio Horta and based on the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea, Ugly Betty premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ran for four seasons until 2010.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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This time, as Tigers second baseman Gleyber Torres raced toward the ball, Kwan advanced to third.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The technology has rapidly developed since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, and companies are racing to build more powerful models, but some experts warn of potentially deadly risks and have called for safeguards.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Atsu and her horse galloping across a frozen lake that looks like blue lace agate; Atsu making camp under the green streaks of the aurora borealis; red maple leaves careening and pinwheeling in the wind in Atsu’s wake.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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Following last season’s reunion-spoiling revelations about his father (ex-CIA operative Frank Harkness) and his father’s past (raising children to be super-soldiers), the galloping young stallion (played by Jack Lowden) hasn’t been able to screw his head on straight.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
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And speaking of cleanup, they can be washed in the dishwasher to speed up the process.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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Only nine of those 32 years were profitable on a division-wide basis, the two most recent being in 2016-17 and 2017-18 and coming as a result of that huge 2016-19 TV rights deal, as massive revenue increases sped past cost growth.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Sprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprint. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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