as in jogs
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 sprints
When trying to work out of Brighton’s press, Malo Gusto’s mishit pass to Jadon Sancho ends in the visitors winning the ball and creating an overload; Marc Cucurella sprints over to help and flies into his challenge, picking up a yellow card.
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Simon Johnson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Once the dynamite is on the ground, Manchis immediately sprints down the stairs, towards the danger.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
As a wolf, Enid excavates Wednesday and then sprints off into the night.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Simon Johnson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Once the dynamite is on the ground, Manchis immediately sprints down the stairs, towards the danger.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
As a wolf, Enid excavates Wednesday and then sprints off into the night.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprints
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The visitors passed back from the free kick and Joao Pedro initially jogs towards goal, with Anderson signalling for a team-mate to follow him, but then changes direction again.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Blazy gives Odhiang a deep hug, jogs around the runway, and flees toward the exit, smiling.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
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Birdie runs First-round leader Steven Alker ran off six consecutive birdies on the back nine Friday which jettisoned him up the leaderboard to a tournament-record 61.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Bachelor season 19 contestant, Jade Roper Tolbert, who runs her own cosmetics company, was also a judge.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Boise and Garden City races One candidate running for Boise City Council has past drug charges, the Statesman found.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Oct. 2025
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Filmmaker Jordan Peele's feature debut and first venture into the realm of horror is an almost flawless, emotional roller coaster that races on the tracks of both Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and The Stepford Wives (1975).—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Sprints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprints. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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