noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
come running/flying/speeding etc
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Jess came flying round the corner and banged straight into me.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be speeding
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Rob swore he hadn't been speeding when the police stopped him.
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Before long we were speeding through the night towards Joyce's Country, County Galway.
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Biotechnology is going to be speeding up the green revolution in agriculture.
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He was speeding through the big loop on his bike; he was in training for a triathlon.
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I gave the old man a tip, and soon Mrs M. and I were speeding back to Ballina.
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Many are speeding up investment in technology to make their water gathering facilities more efficient.
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Police said Int-Hout, who suffered minor injuries, was speeding and admitted using methamphetamine shortly before the crash.
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They were speeding along the flat, goat-gnawed coast of Bambarra.
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When she eventually tracked down the location, Miranda was speeding on a mix of excitement and anxiety.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He's already gotten two tickets for speeding this year.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And I would gain considerable advantage from speeding .
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But one day Gerald, dressed as Geraldine, is caught for speeding .
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Casualty doctors who're at the sharp end see the evidence that speeding is deadly.
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His heart hammered in terror as he glimpsed those shaggy, hulking shapes of shadowy grey speeding across the meadows.
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In a nearby village hall drivers are lectured on the dangers of speeding and forced to watch a graphic video.
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So is a speeding up of the process through biotechnology really any different?
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The speeding up of modernity began with the start of modern consumerism.
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With that said, a large number of studies have shown that physical measures are much more effective in reducing speeding .