sprint

Example Sentences

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Having a stash of snacks on-hand, for both hosting and lollygagging on the couch, will make the holiday sprint so much more enjoyable.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Job growth is holding on, but cracks are forming. Consumers are still standing, but not sprinting,” she added.

From Barron's

“It’s a marathon sprint,” Andrew Rumbach, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Urban Institute, where he studies disaster response, told The Times in September.

From Los Angeles Times

Keyser-Parker sprinted with about 30 students out a side entrance as police converged on the building.

From The Wall Street Journal

"This season is a marathon, not a sprint. If you always use the same players, you will struggle with fitness and keeping them healthy."

From BBC