flank speed
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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That should be time to fill the wardroom with a team of trusted officers, take the bridge and get the Navy moving, at flank speed.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2020
In the end, he determined that in 2004, Aspen was responsible for more than 840,000 tons of carbon emissions—"roughly equivalent to a large, diesel-powered aircraft carrier running flank speed at all times."
From Science Magazine • Aug. 25, 2016
Sputniks and ICBMs aside, Russia is pushing ahead at flank speed in vast areas of science, and of all programs put through for the International Geophysical Year, its is the biggest and most ambitious.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marine Commandant Randolph McCall Pate damned the presidential torpedoes, sailed flank speed ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
But through the '80s the business has been growing at flank speed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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