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zip

noun as in enthusiasm, energy

verb as in move about quickly

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She described children being detained, saying federal agents “had them zip tied to each other.”

From Salon

Patrolling the cemetery one evening, PC Chris Middleton attempts to stop a young man zipping down a footpath on an electric scooter - but the masked figure simply ignores the constable and speeds off.

From BBC

They died from apparent suffocation and their wrists had been bound with zip ties, authorities said, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News.

From BBC

A person’s family wealth, their access to education and even the zip code they’re born into shapes their chances at economic mobility.

From Salon

The second man was also white and wore a grey top with a silver zip.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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