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Recent Examples of speed freak
Sure, the idea of more power always sounds better to confirmed speed freaks such as myself, but simply turning up the wick wouldn’t keep with the RBW ethos—and might throw that balance fully out of whack, in fact.
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Yet in that regard, the instantaneous torque of electric propulsion could still provide enough thrust to satisfy speed freaks driving a production Sollei.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
The Ultima line was designed for speed freaks looking to enjoy quick getaways in comfort and style.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2023
Reeves has long been known as a speed freak with an extensive motorcycle collection.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 14 July 2022
These events are categorized into easy rider, steady eddy, and speed freak, providing spaces for all kinds of cyclists, and are central to raising funds to support Fearless Flyers.
—Alex Showerman, Outside Online, 1 June 2021
So why not just go by Name?) moved in with a pack of fellow speed freaks and transformed the space with tinfoil and spray paint, so that in the end every surface was silver.
—Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
Jeudy is a height-weight-speed freak in the mold of a Julio Jones.
—Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 10 Feb. 2020
Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Yet in that regard, the instantaneous torque of electric propulsion could still provide enough thrust to satisfy speed freaks driving a production Sollei.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
The Ultima line was designed for speed freaks looking to enjoy quick getaways in comfort and style.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2023
Reeves has long been known as a speed freak with an extensive motorcycle collection.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 14 July 2022
These events are categorized into easy rider, steady eddy, and speed freak, providing spaces for all kinds of cyclists, and are central to raising funds to support Fearless Flyers.
—Alex Showerman, Outside Online, 1 June 2021
So why not just go by Name?) moved in with a pack of fellow speed freaks and transformed the space with tinfoil and spray paint, so that in the end every surface was silver.
—Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
Jeudy is a height-weight-speed freak in the mold of a Julio Jones.
—Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 10 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speed freak
Noun
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George Clinton, interviewed in the film, says that the two were crackheads together.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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The New York Post is like having the New York Times summarized for you by a crackhead.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2024
Noun
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In a strange twist, the Max app was developed by VKontakte (VK), which Durov co-founded before selling his shares and leaving Russia in 2014, after Durov said the Kremlin had asked the site to hand over Ukrainian users’ data.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Tech giants have repeatedly relied on Section 230, a federal law that shields them from liability over content that their users post, as a defense against safety claims.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Braves did well to regroup after the freak injury to shortstop Ha-Seong Kim while also setting up a potentially good outfield platoon.—
Michael Cunningham,
AJC.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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The implication, drawn from analysis such as the simulation above, is that Villa’s accuracy from distance is a freak, a one-off fluke.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Each of the many phishing centers answers to Derek Danforth (Josh Hutcherson), a douchey 28-year-old rich-kid cokehead who tools around his office on a skateboard in extraordinarily ugly outfits (that puke-green suit!) and bad highlights.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Jan. 2024
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It was rumored Pacino’s character was a cokehead, something Pacino and Mann have copped to in recent years.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Variety,
23 Aug. 2023
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Xavier is both when first introduced, but the slacker pothead lives long enough to reveal his chivalrous side.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
30 June 2025
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The streamer then released the Illana Glazer: Human Magic in December, which delved into Glazer’s awkward high school years and raising a family as a pothead.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
25 Feb. 2025
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Charles became an opium addict.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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AlAnon is a support group for family and friends of alcoholics/addicts.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Which makes him pretty much like a lot of his action-sports brethren — all of them adremaline junkies — who will grace the 50-meter-high hill (165 feet) built on a scaffolding at the Winter Olympics in Livigno over the next two weeks.—
Eddie Pells,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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In the brain scans of other extreme athletes and adrenaline junkies, Amen said there’s often lower baseline activity in the prefrontal cortex, which is involved in fear inhibition, impulse control and risk evaluation.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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With acidheads in the streets and upheaval in the studios, 1969 was a time of profound change not just in Hollywood, but in America at large.—
Alejandro de la Garza,
Time,
26 July 2019
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“Speed freak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speed%20freak. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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