Word: sped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...awaits, the referee nervously tries his whistle, the crowd stirs and murmurs, impatient. The game is on, and only when the last thrilling minute of play has sped by unobserved, will Harvard know whether its stick has again beaten off the Bulldog...
...irate bicyclist, bottle in hand, sped along a Cairo street. A hundred yards from a big house he stopped, waited foot on pedal...
...sped the cyclist, passed the carriage, threw the contents of his bottle (acid) at the Cadi who was badly burned about the neck, chest, left hand, suffered from shock...
...five test matches, Australia had won two. These were the crucial innings. Australia had knocked up 739 runs, England 728, and the last man was in. A run was hit, off sped the batsmen along the pitch-too late! An alert "Kangaroo" had shot the ball into the wicket keeper's gloved hands and a fraction of a second later the ball flew off the stumps just a fraction of a second before the English batsman could shove his bat over the "popping crease" (batting line). England was beaten. Loud cheers and glad faces in Australia. Silence and long...
After him sped Nurmi, ever creeping closer, closer; each yard that narrowed between them represented a quarter-mile passed; so, sucking the air, they circled into the last lap. Nurmi pumped his levers faster, came pounding up 'behind Nilson; Nilson put down his head, pounded faster too. Three times Nurmi attempted to pass, three times sturdy Nilson refused to let him. Nilson broke the tape one step in front, which meant that Nurmi had finished the race only ninety-nine yards ahead of Nilson. Nurmi's time, 5 min. 4-5 sec., bettered by 6 2-5 seconds...