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Word: sped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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Casey ran back the ensuing kick-off 21 yards behind pretty interference. Then Horween punted from his 32-yard line to Coulter on the Brown 32-yard mark, who fumbled. Kane recovered the ball, but was downed immediately. Another Brown penalty carried the ball back five yards. Then Casey sped around left end 18 yards to the 11-yard mark, but was recalled for offside. A forward pass failed, and Casey was nailed on the line of scrimmage, so Horween attempted a field goal, missing the posts by a few feet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELEVEN SCORES SINGLE TOUCHDOWN AGAINST FIGHTING BRUNONIANS WHILE YALE LOSES | 10/20/1919 | See Source »

...careless days are sped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Toast. | 5/2/1917 | See Source »

...order to keep the shell up, the crew was forced to get out in the water on a shallow bar and empty the shell. No danger was incurred, but the water was naturally very cold at this time of year, so after righting their shell, the crew sped back to the Farragut Boat Club as fast as possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SECOND CREW FOUND WATER ROUGH AT LYNN YESTERDAY | 3/25/1916 | See Source »

...unmistakable signs of having passed the previous night in the trenches. The fields on either side of the road were pitted with shell holes; many of the farmhouses were charred and roofless; and the plain wooden crosses which marked the graves of fallen heroes became increasingly frequent as we sped along. Some of the bodies had been buried so hastily that the spring rains and early ploughing had uncovered them, with the result that in many places the air was black with crows hovering about in search of carion. A strapping young peasant girl, whom we found later...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Comment | 9/28/1915 | See Source »

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