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
Expect lots of key votes today as lawmakers sprint to wrap up the 2026 legislative session at the end of this week.
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Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 25 Feb. 2026
At the end of ski season in mid- to late April, Snow on the Beach is a quirky event where participants don beachwear and sprint across the thawing lake at the foot of the slopes before the whole thing spills into a splash party.
—Claire Sibonney, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
Videos captured panic at the Guadalajara airport, where travelers sprinted through terminals to take shelter behind desks.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
Videos showed smoke billowing over the tourist city of Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco and people sprinting through the airport of the state’s capital in panic.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
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Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 25 Feb. 2026
At the end of ski season in mid- to late April, Snow on the Beach is a quirky event where participants don beachwear and sprint across the thawing lake at the foot of the slopes before the whole thing spills into a splash party.
—Claire Sibonney, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
Videos captured panic at the Guadalajara airport, where travelers sprinted through terminals to take shelter behind desks.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
Videos showed smoke billowing over the tourist city of Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco and people sprinting through the airport of the state’s capital in panic.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprint
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Six years after 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed while jogging in a Brunswick, Georgia, neighborhood, supporters gathered on the Atlanta BeltLine to honor his life with a run in his memory.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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On the Malecón, the town’s oceanfront boardwalk, locals were jogging and walking their dogs.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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The globe-trotting political thriller's star, Claire Danes, will join forces with her old parter in crime-fighting, Damian Lewis, to present one of the evening's awards.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb. 2026
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From there, letters were ferried by boat and trotted by stagecoach up to North Carolina, where important correspondence was loaded onto a steam locomotive to Virginia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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The first, the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance auto festival, is slated to run Friday through Sunday, April 24-26, for its 20th year.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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When a soccer player runs downfield in anticipation of the ball being passed to them, the goal is to have the ball arrive where the player will be in the future, but that mental calculation is familiar to us, intuitively, because the soccer field itself is static and unchanging.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
25 Feb. 2026
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Tech companies are racing to predict whether AI’s popularity will result in a new hit product, similar to how the internet laid the foundation for the smartphone.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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Newcastle raced to a 12-0 lead with tries from Greg Marzhew and Fletcher Sharpe, before the Cowboys rallied after Heilum Luki and Murray Taulagi scored to level at 12-12 at half time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Fleeing, not quite leaping and clumsily sort of galloping, is no easy matter for a snail (the starfish has thousands of ciliate foot like suction cups), and fighting is pure folly versus so many arms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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Elsewhere, stories of economic gloom – from galloping inflation to restaurant closures and the knock-on impact of severe tax increases – describe the many ways in which the prolonged war in Ukraine is now hitting Russians hard in the pocket at home.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Warmer temperatures will cause plant growth and flowering to speed up so your blooms won’t last as long.—
Dawn Pettinelli,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
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After speeding through streets in Sherman Oaks and Studio City, the driver suddenly pulled over to the side of the road.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Sprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprint. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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