in motion

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Plans are also in motion to release millions of sterile screwworm flies, as the females only mate once in their lifetime, and any eggs they lay will be unfertilised and will not hatch.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

You should plan for the bad stuff but keep working and keep moving — a body in motion stays in motion.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Positive test results from the first patient Weyer encountered set the wheels in motion for the global effort to identify and contain a potential outbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Not Brody, whose chiseled, wiry presence is ever in motion, flailing, ducking, wincing, yearning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Once set in motion, the plan could not be stopped without putting Germany at a crippling disadvantage.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman