hurtle
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His allies said he did have the numbers necessary but decided to put pressure on the prime minister to quit on his own terms rather than hurtle into a contest right now.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
But back in Cortina, one man is still watching visitors hurtle down racecourses, ski jumps and bobsled tracks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
The 2010 Olympic downhill champion made the difference particularly in the second half of the race, taking very direct turns to gain more speed than the others and hurtle towards the finish line.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
The court as a whole and the two concurrences hurtle pell-mell toward making it virtually impossible for plaintiffs like Mexico to successfully plead their claims.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2025
He remembered how he, as Voldemort, had seemed to hurtle through Gregorovitch’s eyes, into his memories....
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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Hall could be heard exclaiming, as the unusual-looking raccoon hurtles across a pavement and up some nearby steps.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
For public companies, so-called “related-party transactions” are publicly disclosed in regulatory filings, but Altman’s personal investments remain opaque as OpenAI hurtles towards a public listing later this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
A few months and one tutorial from Anthropic’s Claude AI model later, Marks’s latest investment memo has the header “AI hurtles ahead.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
“The Secret Agent” isn’t tightly coiled so much as it gradually unfolds, its full meaning unclear until the filmmaker eventually hurtles forward nearly 50 years, snapping the final puzzle piece into place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
One of the shards of her body hurtles straight toward me, whistling with speed and shimmering with power.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Pilot Jakob Mandlbauer was stretchered off after the bob hurtled down the track for a good 30 seconds on its side.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
A music producer in the Gujarati film industry, Mahesh had been on his way back home from work that day and was crossing the area when the plane hurtled down and crashed into the buildings.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
The storm that hurtled through Houston late Thursday surprised a city long accustomed to bouts of serious weather.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2024
Simpson expanded his filmography while he played in the NFL, but nothing hurtled him toward massive fame more efficiently than those endorsements.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2024
She leapt up from the table and hurtled from the room, shouting as she went, “I’ll be back in a minute!”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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More recently, it has also experienced impacts from the plucky little probes and landers that Earthbound space agencies have sent hurtling its way.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Tech scion David Ellison’s proposed merger has been hurtling toward the finish line after securing approvals from the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Is a life spent constantly looking backward instead of hurtling forward even worth grieving?
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
A sport built to the glory of the internal combustion engine and propelled by the roar of the V-12 was hurtling into an era of electric vehicles and corporate responsibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
After we got Jake, Mr. Dubonnet, and the machinists safe in the blockhouse or hiding behind their cars, Auk XIV erupted from the pad, spinning once around the rod before hurtling into the sky.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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