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If Murakami struggled to connect against the slower velocities of the Japanese league, how would he fare against a steady diet of upper-90s heat?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The system learned from detailed computer simulations of ocean circulation, which linked specific temperature patterns to known water velocities.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

These days, sessions on the range are more about monitoring swing velocities and spin rates than where the ball actually lands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2025

During his MLB debut in Japan, Sasaki hit those 100-plus-mph velocities on each of his first four big-league pitches.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

In this theory particles no longer had separate, well-defined positions and velocities that could not be observed.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking