speed
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South Africa will pose a real threat with Mbekezeli Mokoena driving the midfield and the speed of Oswin Appollis and Relebohile Mofokeng on the wings.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Pierluigi Collina, the head of referees, is determined to speed up the matches and to reduce the potential for match-changing mistakes.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“Execution speed is not as quick as we would like on product and inventory clearance, with the remainder of cal-2026 unlikely to deliver positive revenue growth,” wrote RBC analyst Piral Dadhania.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
“It will shift the emphasis from finding issues to validating, prioritizing and fixing at a level of speed and automation to stay ahead of what will be machine-speed attackers,” Taneja said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
I breathed a happy sigh, letting my cup of happiness runneth over as the train picked up speed for Chicago.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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Word Generation Science - Measurement
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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