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• The bold gray one jumps in the bin and rolls around at lightning speed.
  — Jackson Landers, SPIN, 8 June 2023
• Chien swoops his arm down at lightning speed for a quick save.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• For one, it was pushed through the Senate at lightning speed.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2021
• The great news is that machine learning (ML), the function of AI that absorbs data and learns from it at lightning speed, never sleeps.
  — Christophe Van De Weyer, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
• Things can change at lightning speed, though, in college football today.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2023
• Robert Pattinson didn't just rise to fame, he was thrown into stardom at lightning speed.
  — Amanda Curran, Glamour, 20 Jan. 2023
• Given the way Kiffin’s comet has crashed to earth at lightning speed, this is one old acquaintance that should be forgot and never brought to mind.
  — al, 30 Dec. 2022
• All of that means that these installations will move at lightning speed compared to how the original pieces went up.
  — Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 3 Nov. 2020
• But today, buses and cars fly past, navigating potholes the size of craters at lightning speed.
  — Mary Holland, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2023
• Markets move at lightning speed; regulators, at a snails pace.
  — Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• It was introduced last week and advanced out of committee at lightning speed by a unanimous vote.
  — Makena Kelly, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
• Inside tip: Casa Violeta books up at lightning speed, months in advance.
  — Kelley Mullarkey, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2023
• What has changed — in ballet and elsewhere — is the power of social media to transmit news at lightning speed, to amplify voices and acquire the power to condemn.
  — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021
• New and enticing ideas may be popping into your head at lightning speed, providing you with ample paths to success.
  — Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
• Xi already commands the world’s largest Navy and his ambitions in nuclear, space, and AI warfare are advancing at lightning speed.
  — Will Ripley, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
• As this sector continues to evolve at lightning speed, his journey stands as a testament to the power of adaptability and the promise of innovation.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
• He’s left to run the family bodega in New York’s Washington Heights, a neighborhood gentrifying at lightning speed.
  — Andrea Cuttler, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 June 2021
• But the war has also spurred Ukrainians to restructure parts of their economy at lightning speed, in ways big and small, as companies pack up operations or pivot to new business.
  — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2023
• Best of all were their ingenious shifts in physical scale, as Ant-Man’s ability to switch sizes at lightning speed infused the action scenes — seldom a Marvel strong suit — with a rare and playful comic dynamism.
  — Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
• Your mind can race through obstacles with perfect accuracy, so even a meticulous task will be completed at lightning speed.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2020
• Thanks to the constraints of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Christmas shopping in America is moving at lightning speed.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2020
• The goal is to improve the performance of applications by processing data where it is generated, such as within a local Taco Bell, and applying it at lightning speed.
  — Kim S. Nash, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2022
• What’s more, with AI changing at lightning speed, regulations currently under discussion around the world could soon be obsolete.
  — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024
• Also, comic talent has always encompassed an ability to self-adjust at lightning speed.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
• The police crackdown on fake passes comes as France, and other nations, are tightening restrictions in the face of the highly transmissible omicron variant, which is spreading at lightning speed across the European continent.
  — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021
• That’s because Facebook—along with Google and YouTube—is perfect for amplifying and spreading disinformation at lightning speed to global audiences.
  — Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2020
• Others bought it from Showcase, a trend-spotting retailer that brings the Internet’s latest affections to physical storefronts at lightning speed, somewhere between 16 and 53 days after the products begin popping up in users’ feeds.
  — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2022
• Kevin Wynn, a choreographer of complex maelstroms that moved at lightning speed and an uncommonly dedicated teacher who influenced generations of dancers, died on Oct. 12 at his home in Manhattan.
  — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• After learning to spot fake ship movements, Windward researchers realized the technology was proliferating at lightning speed.
  — Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2022
• By normal standards, the training of Ukraine’s pilots on the sophisticated Western jets has proceeded at lightning speed, compressing years of classroom learning, simulations and flight exercises into months.
  — Lara Jakes, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Aug 2024