Albert Einstein was the first to suggest that time wasn’t something fixed like the ticking of a clock, but something more flexible like a rubber band.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/universe-may-have-resulted-out-of-a-big-bounce-carlo-rovelli/article67521598.ece

And that probably speaks to velocity ticking down at times.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/08/01/yankees-notebook-domingo-germn-scratched-with-armpit-discomfort-then-pitches-in-relief/

As a result, our Pac-12 survival odds have changed for the first time in months, ticking down to five points.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/03/01/pac-12-media-rights-our-final-predictions-for-the-revenue-media-partners-expansion-decisions-and-more/

As he prepares his next move, FiveThirtyEight’s polling average shows that his approval numbers are slowly ticking up from where they were last fall.

Source: https://www.1310kfka.com/abc-news/politics/02/state-of-the-union-updates-and-analysis-biden-says-the-soul-of-this-nation-is-strong/

As the global economy slows, growth is also expected to drop in the Middle East and North Africa-from 5.4 percent in 2022 to 3.2 percent this year before ticking up to 3.5 percent in 2024.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/despite-successes-arab-region-faces-major-challenges-imf/

BBC Radio 4 Today programme, Eluned Morgan said: "We're still talking to the trade unions on this matter, we haven't averted strike action yet, but the clock is ticking.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64320869?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Botswana's Letsile Tebogo is ticking all the right boxes of being the next Usain Bolt in terms of performances, but he has got a rival to watch out for in Erriyon Knighton.

Source: https://www.pulsesports.ng/athletics/2023042415112141643/africas-best-of-omanyala-tebogo-and-matadi-face-off-in-stacked-100m-at-botswana-golden-grand-prix

But in the meantime, the clock is already ticking and you cannot afford to disappoint.

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/why-the-10th-national-assembly-cannot-disappoint-by-mon-charles-egbo/

Can we – before it is too late because the clock is already ticking loudly – find the vision and the actions that unite the independence forces and inspires our fellow citizens to embrace essential change?

Source: https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23703200.alister-jacks-arrogant-manner-may-seem-naive-dont-fooled/?ref=rss

Current models are ugly and overpriced, used ones are a ticking time bomb of maintenance issues.

Source: https://jalopnik.com/car-brands-readers-will-never-buy-tesla-vinfast-gm-hyun-1850516179

Despite the clock ticking down, the Springboks attempted to win another scrum penalty when Willie le Roux called a mark (after a step) and then opted for a scrum.

Source: https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/10/22/concede-points-there-theyre-done-moment-england-missed-to-bury-springboks-as-ghosts-of-2019-return/

Emissions and ecological damage are the potential ticking time bombs here.

Source: https://www.northernminer.com/commentary/clean-nickel-or-cheap-nickel-you-cant-have-both/1003852183/

England lost another man with the clock ticking down as Jack Willis was sin-binned for a dangerous tackle.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/sport/rugby/ireland-seal-grand-slam-to-give-sexton-perfect-six-nations-farewell/

Fred is a ticking time bomb of emotions, blowing up at an ignorant waitress, and the vein in Suzanne Clément’s forehead looks ready to burst as she spits out anger.

Source: https://collider.com/laurence-anyways-movie/

From our point of view it's about concentrating on each game as they come and ticking them off one by one."

Source: https://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/football/parkinson-praises-incredible-wrexham-support-26635282

He said he has spoken to consumer champion Martin Lewis, who on Tuesday said that a mortgage ticking time bomb is now “exploding” and that his previous warnings failed to be heeded.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23606225.government-fire-mortgage-crisis-bank-set-hike-rates/?ref=rss

He told the two officers that if the country had an IGP who could meet with the leader of the opposition party and get a promise that he would be retained when the NDC took power, the government was sitting on a ticking time bomb.

Source: https://www.ghanamma.com/2023/08/29/bugri-naabus-bombshell-i-recorded-igp-tape/

He was sharp in possession and kept Derby ticking along but was eventually replaced in the second half.

Source: https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-player-ratings-v-8399199

Hospital roofs admitting that “30 buildings at 20 different hospitals run by 18 individual NHS trusts” have at least one roof built with a type of cheap concrete that has been labelled “a ticking timebomb”.

Source: https://theconversation.com/nhs-recovery-plan-why-an-extra-2-6-billion-is-not-enough-without-more-staff-199633

“How am I going to do this again tomorrow night?” they asked, pupils wide, the clock ticking towards midnight.

Source: https://musicfeeds.com.au/gig/golden-plains-review-a-festival-of-supernatural-kindness/