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• Such a shift out of the S&P 500 is when the downtrend could pick up speed.
  — John S. Tobey, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2022
• It is forecast to track to the north and pick up speed this weekend.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 23 Oct. 2020
• Easy keep, but needs to pick up speed and overall game IQ.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2022
• The budget-making process is just starting to pick up speed in the House.
  — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2023
• If the slope is less than 25 degrees, there might be little slips, but the snow won’t pick up speed.
  — Nathalie Vriend, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2024
• If the slope is less than 25 degrees, there might be little slips, but the snow won't pick up speed.
  — CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
• Cease-fire talks are expected to pick up speed in the coming days.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
• The airport, the ground transportation, the hotel, the snacks, and watching the plane pick up speed and taking off.
  — Juliet Pennington, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2021
• The hurricane center said Kyle will stay on a path to the east-northeast and pick up speed over the next few days.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 14 Aug. 2020
• The changes in America that happened through the late ’60s and the ’70s really pick up speed.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
• The storm died down that afternoon, but in the evening, the rain began again, and the winds were forecasted to pick up speed as well.
  — Clara McMichael, Curbed, 15 Jan. 2022
• Crews were keeping an eye on the winds, which had been light and from the west but were forecast to shift to the southwest and may pick up speed, Moore said.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2021
• However, as the two-wheeled beast began to pick up speed, the brakes suddenly went out.
  — Michael Gonzales, Longreads, 16 Oct. 2020
• If the road slopes downward, even a single degree, the vehicle will pick up speed.
  — Michael Harley, Forbes, 25 July 2022
• So at least one of the galaxies would have to come in from outside the system and pick up speed while being drawn in toward NGC 1052.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 May 2022
• Despite a slow start in North American, the film's box office totals continued to pick up speed and stayed steady for the rest of the month.
  — Andrea Towers, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2021
• Just before the tide turned for the Chiefs, the broadcast cut to Swift high-fiving and clapping as the team worked to pick up momentum during the third quarter.
  — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
• Javier was moving northwest at 10 mph and was expected to pick up speed and turn westward over the coming days.
  — CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022
• Sam, the fourth major hurricane of 2021, is expected to pick up speed on Thursday.
  — Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2021
• Fichtenbaum expressed worry about those trends and said the vaccine campaign needs to pick up speed and reach more Ohioans who are reluctant to get the shot.
  — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2021
• That gives us the opportunity to enjoy both high yield and the potential for outsized gains should the stock market pick up speed.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• Add-on accessories like merry-go-rounds, centrifugal funnels, and mills help the marble to pick up speed.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 22 Oct. 2023
• The storm should pick up speed after Tuesday night, when Zeta begins to move north and northeast with its sights set on the Louisiana coast.
  — Katelyn Umholtz, NOLA.com, 26 Oct. 2020
• Sales were in line with that figure on Thanksgiving Day and appeared to pick up speed on Black Friday, the software company said.
  — Jeannette Neumann and Olivia Rockeman Bloomberg News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2023
• Cycling continues to pick up speed as one of San Diego’s most popular pastimes.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
• The storytelling doesn’t pick up speed and urgency until the last hundred or so pages, when the coronavirus enters the picture.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
• Ukraine’s advance could still pick up speed before its ammunition runs out and winter sets in, Kofman added.
  — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
• And while only about a quarter of the state’s initial vaccine shipment has so far been put in Alaskans’ arms, Ohlsen said distribution was likely to pick up speed in the coming weeks.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2020
• The storm is also expected to pick up speed, with impacts possibly reaching the central Gulf Coast by midweek.
  — Fox News, 25 Oct. 2020
• The pilots did pick up speed during their heats, with two actually bumping into each other but remaining in the air as a crowd watched in wonder.
  — Jon Gambrell, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Sep 2024