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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrowing
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To have any hope of outrunning the spectral presence, the player must commit a serpentine route to memory.—
Lewis Gordon,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025 -
Abby weeping over a grave, Ellie and Dina slow-dancing (and then outrunning a horde of infected), and a brief glimpse of Isaac by a campfire.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
7 Jan. 2025
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With re-accelerating inflation on the horizon, another 5%+ inflation over the next four years could easily see gold at $5,000 an ounce.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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These changes disrupt the body's delicate anabolic-catabolic balance, with testosterone promoting tissue growth and libido and cortisol accelerating breakdown and stress responses.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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It’s also called Ghost Riders in the Sky, a reference to an old country song about phantom cowboys galloping after demon cattle.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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While the thieves are not galloping away on horseback, the crime sprees evoke memories of the notorious train robberies from the Old West.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, supply is outstripping demand on the used market.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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Demand is outstripping supply in areas like machine learning and robotics.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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The decline was attributed to an increase in interest expense outpacing the rise in interest income.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
10 Mar. 2025
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This increase is primarily due to higher net sales outpacing the rise in operating expenses.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
7 Mar. 2025
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In the clip, the dog, now named Golden, is seen sprinting after Nelly Jimenez's car and eventually catching up.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
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Nobody was sprinting down the floor, just kind of hanging around, just trying to veer back to get the ball instead of just pushing it down the court and just being aggressive.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
26 Dec. 2024
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“Arrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrowing. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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