sprints

verb

present tense third-person singular of sprint
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 The one who sets the bone-crushing screen that springs the star, then immediately sprints to the rim for the lob, then turns around and blows up the other team’s pick-and-roll on the other end all in one sequence? — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026 As the world sprints toward a greener grid, the demand for stationary storage is skyrocketing. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026 Once Towns receives the basketball, Jalen Brunson sprints from the right side of the floor to the left to set a screen for Anunoby in the corner. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 The suspect then sprints through the door and lunges at a security camera in the business's lobby in what looked to be an attempt to tear it down. — Zach Boetto, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026 As the mission sprints its final lap before launch day, their fastidious preparation stands out as an achievement in its own right. — Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 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
  1. jogs
  2. trots
  3. runs
  4. races
Verb
  • Orchard Street, which jogs awkwardly around the one-time dump at Gowen Road, in particular needs to change, according to both Ada County Highway District and Boise city reports.
    — Mark Dee July 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026
  • And then jogs all the way back.
    — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of jogs
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  • After Nessa's crushing death, Glinda (Ariana Grande) hands off her jeweled footwear to Dorothy (Bethany Weaver), who trots down the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) in the Emerald City.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
Definition of trots
Verb
  • The TikTok edits, the outfit identification threads, the contestant rivalries trending on X by the end of an episode, all of it turns 60 minutes of passive viewing into a multi-platform conversation that runs all week.
    — Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Metro-North runs Yankee Clipper trains from Grand Central to Yankee Stadium for all weeknight and weekend games for about $5 to $8 each way.
    — James McClellan, Curbed, 10 July 2026
Definition of runs
Verb
  • As is common with Enola Holmes films, zippy flashbacks and kicky montages illuminate what led up to all of this, but there’s an energy missing here, as the film races to get back into the present Maltese moment, which feels dire indeed.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
  • Anthropic has accused the Chinese firm Alibaba of launching the largest attack yet attempting to clone Claude, as China races to match the capabilities of Anthropic’s leading model following Mythos’ release and subsequent restriction from foreign markets.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026
Definition of races

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