quick
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Online critics were quick to dredge up comments by a former Argentinian leader as proof of the country’s bias.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Sending those ships on repeat voyages with quick turnaround times maximized the amount of crude they could get out of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Some wordplay to end the day: Take a quick break with Slate’s Pears game, which challenges you to make as many words out of one combination of letters as you can.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
But Murphy was quick to assure his audience: “I’m not a Luddite.”
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
I felt a quick pain in my chest, imagining the sídhe sneaking up from their fairy ring and dragging the boy children down.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
The ball is coming out quicker from his hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
“I sometimes would cite Greenspan as being a little quicker to move and a little more impulsive and maybe more willing to take a surprise move,” Bullard said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
As a result, Hostess products require quicker delivery than Smucker’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
"I'm not trying to be negative but the Mercedes is flat-out quicker," Hamilton said.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
It all comes out quickly, quicker than she usually talks.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
However, West Texas Intermediate crude has now fallen below its 24-MMA, one of the quickest such moving-average retracements of all previous oil-market spikes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
His former Southampton team-mate and renowned speed merchant Theo Walcott described him as the quickest player he ever played with.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
It’s been 91 days since gold hit its recent peak — making for the quickest entry into a bear market since 2008.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s been 91 days since then, so this is the quickest entry into a bear market since the height of the financial crisis of 2008, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
She didn’t like to go that way, but it was by far the quickest path to the sapling grove.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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