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The early signs are she remains the same talent, showing glimpses of her explosive shot-making and fleetness of foot on her return in Brisbane last week.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024

All cities develop budgets and set staffing levels while possessing better local knowledge than the Legislature has - and, we dare say, more fleetness of foot.

From Washington Times • Feb. 24, 2020

At the Kennedy Center, he approached the score with his hallmark light fleetness, the way he conducts Beethoven, or the translucent Verdi Requiem he led here in 2018.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2019

After spirited home wins over the Islanders and San Jose and a narrow loss at St. Louis, Vigneault is heartened by the across-the-board fleetness of his four forward lines and his younger defensive corps.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2016

So far it was not fear that they felt; for they knew their own fleetness and had trust in it.

From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)