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The next, orange Baltimore Orioles jerseys were sprinting around the bases, what had seemed like a storybook night going suddenly wrong.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025

His Tampa Bay Rays teammates were sprinting out somewhere else, celebrating the wildest win any of them had likely ever witnessed, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, stunned, were slouching off the field.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2020

Suddenly they were sprinting into the sea at full-pace, with spray going everywhere.

From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2018

Other times, inexplicably, he just stays in base reading over Felicity’s shoulder, like this past week when Arsenal and Canary were sprinting around trying to save the Glades, and probably could have used his help.

From Forbes • Feb. 8, 2015

Some were already convinced something was wrong and were sprinting up the path.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya