Leaps
Starts
Both words in one sentence
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Used to good effect in Unreal II: The Awakening where the artificial gravity starts failing, allowing the player to make larger leaps than normal, it then starts playing up even more pulling the player against the walls instead of the floor.
Source: Artificial Gravity - He leaps violently on Woldarski as soon as he seizes Miriam Helen and starts a brutal fight against him.
Source: Literature / Summer Celebration - And then, while those around them are still reacting with shock, the daughter leaps to her feet and starts screaming...But Ayame's unaware of any of this when she wakes up.
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Starts and Leaps. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/leaps/starts
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