hurtled
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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
And as the capsule hurtled back to Earth, it experienced temperatures half as hot as the surface of the Sun.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 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
Cars and trucks and buses—all hurtled over that bridge as if the devil himself was chasing them.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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