Example Sentences

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Soon after, officer Mark Johnson, who had been speeding to Camp Swamp Road, radioed to officers saying that Moss wanted to enter the crime scene.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

He said police "allegedly saw us towing a Formula 1 car which they claimed had been speeding along the motorway a few minutes earlier - of course we know absolutely nothing about this."

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

Authorities say the two were struck on their way to dinner around 9:50 p.m. by a Mercedes-Benz GT63 that had been speeding west on Sherman Way alongside a Rolls-Royce Cullinan.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

The driver had been speeding when she crashed into a parked vehicle in the area, FOX 29 reported.

From Fox News • Aug. 12, 2021

In those few short days, while Blount had been speeding East, Wiley had piled up this profit and more–and now he was demanding his stock!

From Shadow Mountain by Coolidge, Dane