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The former forester was hired in just one week -- a swiftness that demonstrates a major problem facing Ukraine's economy amid Russian invasion: severe labour shortages.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

"Some surgical procedures appeared to be undertaken with great swiftness," it says.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Macron described concerns over the swiftness of Sarkozy’s sentence as “legitimate debate in a democracy, because everyone wants there to be avenues for appeal and recourse.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

Elsewhere, it was less jubilation than confusion at the swiftness of Assad’s fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

Who can describe the swiftness of your course?’”

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore