speed away
Example Sentences
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He claimed that his group had been informed that a cow was being loaded into a car and reached the spot, only to see the vehicle speed away.
From BBC • May 8, 2023
“The cost-of-living adjustment instantly transports you to where the car is at a point in time, but if it’s still moving you’re just going to see the car speed away from you again.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2022
Jimenez’s friends were still in the parking lot at about 11:28 p.m. when they saw Jimenez run to his car and speed away.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2021
The twin paradox asks why a twin traveling at a relativistic speed away and then back towards the Earth ages less than the Earth-bound twin.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Lord Asriel touched the controls again and the intention craft began to speed away northward.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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