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hurtle

[hur-tl] / ˈhɜr tl /


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At the beginning, riders are taken up a slope while facing backward and, at the peak, their seats spin forward as they hurtle toward the ground headfirst.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

On Sunday, they might watch Vonn hurtle down an icy hill at 80 miles per hour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 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

I turn my board in a sharp arc, then hurtle toward Ren.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Pocognoli needs more from the Tartan Army talisman as he hurtles towards a century of caps - he's on 91.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

While Hurricane Polo hurtles around the Pacific, there isn't a trace of the usual cyclones off Mexico's opposite coast, near Solis's native Yucatan.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 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’ latest investment memo has the header “AI hurtles ahead.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026

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

The plane then hurtled into a nearly minute-long nosedive, plummeting almost three miles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Sprinting robots hurtled themselves full-speed into a wall like Forrest Gump with a death wish.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

On the boulevard itself, parking spots were filling up as drivers hurtled down the busy roadway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

Symbolically, a Desire bus hurtled past me, its diesel exhaust almost strangling me.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Surveillance footage from March 22 captured the moment the plane smashed into the rescue vehicle as it crossed its path, sending both hurtling down the runway.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Is a life spent constantly looking backward instead of hurtling forward even worth grieving?

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

The midfielder made his mark as a 20-year-old in 2019, standing out in a side that was hurtling towards relegation towards the second division.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

The shot of the car hurtling off the cliff is one of cinema’s most enduring images, illustrating unbreakable friendship, victory and freedom.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

I was thrown out of the dream, sent hurtling back into the freezing hotel room.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken




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