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as in flowed
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
we breezed through the line for customs at the airport
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as in raced
to proceed or move quickly
the doctor breezed past the people in the waiting room, apparently on his way to an emergency
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Recent Examples of breezed
The wide receiver breezed past all the defenders flying toward him before falling backwards into the endzone to celebrate a memorable moment from his trip to London.
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Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
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Phoenix swept the awards season for his performance as Arthur Fleck, winning the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and the Academy Award, among many others, for Best Actor.Conor Murray, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Julie Le Roux As Hurricane Helene swept through McDowell County in western North Carolina, John Norwood and his fiancé Julie Le Roux had sought refuge at a neighbor’s home.Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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The 35-year-old and his younger brother then drove around 700 miles south to search for their father.Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Imposing harsher punishment on repeat offenders drove that support, far outweighing voters’ desire to increase overall prosecutions or deter future crime, the survey found.Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Ellison found junior Toray Davis for a pair of TDs and ran one in to give the Knights a 21-0 lead in the first half that proved too much for Chatfield (8-4) to overcome.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
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The county’s Office of Education, run by the superintendent of schools, provides training, business, technology and payroll services to the county’s 33 school districts and 60 charter schools.Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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According to Capgemini's research, the percentage of large companies that have adopted generative AI has jumped from 6% last year to 24% this year.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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With China offering incentives to consumers who replace their gasoline cars with electric and low-emission vehicles, the mix of new energy vehicle sales has jumped to about 50% of overall automotive sales.Trefis Team, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Breezed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breezed. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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