11.   After being bandied about for decades, the Three Gorges project resembles an avalanche gaining speed.

12.   After being bandied about for decades, the Three Gorges project now resembles an avalanche gaining speed.

13.   But it did gain incredible speed.

14.   But then you look at the speedometer and realize you have leaped forward and are rapidly gaining speed.

15.   But the river grew swift upstream, and by the time it reached the prison northeast of Cuero, it was swallowing pastures, downing trees and gaining speed.

16.   Consumer spending has to gain speed if the economy is going to perk up later this year, analysts said.

17.   Diamonds gaining speed as they fell would produce friction as they rubbed against other molecules, generating more heat in the process.

18.   Drivers who hill hop try to gain speed while climbing a hill so they become airborne when they reach the crest.

19.   Faulk stops, and then wide receiver Issac Bruce sprints toward Warner, parallel to the line of scrimmage, gaining speed.

20.   Gaining speed, we smacked into the face of an incoming wave and were briefly airborne before landing with a splash that soaked everyone.