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slow motion

NOUN
slowest possible pace
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With piles of snow at every intersection and pedestrians moving in slow motion, I regularly bolted ahead and mounted obstacles like a fullback rushing for glory, leaving Sarah somewhere behind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The VAR is damned if they do use slow motion replays, and damned if they do not.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

This features a life-sized giraffe and a replica of an equestrian statue of Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of the German Empire, both constantly change shape in slow motion.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

Makai Lemon came screaming across the center of the field, gliding past one Michigan State defender, then another, moving as if the world around him were in slow motion.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2025

Grandma bent over to help me pick the envelope up, and it was like I was watching her in slow motion.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks




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