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Kyle McNary, 33, drove along State Route 1 in Flagler County, at times driving at a snail's pace of 3 mph, Sheriff Rick Staly said.
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Louis Casiano, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024
Unspoiled by the masses, Punta Allen moves at a snail's pace and has retained its original roots.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2024
Sometimes science advances at a snail's pace, but in this case that's a good thing: researchers have created a squishy material that combines polymers with liquid metal, demonstrated in a snail-like robot.
—Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
The episodic format advances at a snail's pace -- unlike movie biographies that by necessity race to the good stuff.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 2 Dec. 2020
Teen drivers either are overly cautious, crawling along at a snail's pace and gum up the traffic or those darned no-good teens of a brazen nature are overly careless and cut off other drivers and run red lights.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 June 2021
But that opportunity does not come from most brick-and-mortar banks, which have been increasing their savings account rates at a snail's pace.
—Ken Tumin, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2022
That upended pre-pandemic trends, in which chains were taking a little bit of share from independents, but at a snail's pace.
—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 30 Apr. 2022
Sparty needs to run to generate most of their offense, but Davidson plays at a snail's pace, 304th in adjusted tempo and are top 10 in transition defense.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2022
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Louis Casiano, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024
Unspoiled by the masses, Punta Allen moves at a snail's pace and has retained its original roots.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2024
Sometimes science advances at a snail's pace, but in this case that's a good thing: researchers have created a squishy material that combines polymers with liquid metal, demonstrated in a snail-like robot.
—Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
The episodic format advances at a snail's pace -- unlike movie biographies that by necessity race to the good stuff.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 2 Dec. 2020
Teen drivers either are overly cautious, crawling along at a snail's pace and gum up the traffic or those darned no-good teens of a brazen nature are overly careless and cut off other drivers and run red lights.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 June 2021
But that opportunity does not come from most brick-and-mortar banks, which have been increasing their savings account rates at a snail's pace.
—Ken Tumin, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2022
That upended pre-pandemic trends, in which chains were taking a little bit of share from independents, but at a snail's pace.
—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 30 Apr. 2022
Sparty needs to run to generate most of their offense, but Davidson plays at a snail's pace, 304th in adjusted tempo and are top 10 in transition defense.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2022
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