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When the bike is rolling-idling and coasting, the deactivation cycling is noticeable; throttle tip-in seems just a bit flat.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

What is clear is that Infantino is no longer coasting towards a fourth term, if he clings on that long.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

I instead recall coasting past a flotilla of icebergs in Alaska’s Glacier Bay.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

But it didn’t seem to bother him, and he got quite used to coasting through politics.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2026

I’m on my way home, coasting down Spotter Hill on my crummy old bike.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick



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