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busy

[biz-ee] / ˈbɪz i /




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"Touch wood," she said, adding that if she wins for The Devil is Busy, she will share the stage with her co-director Christalyn Hampton.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Beth Benike, the owner of Busy Baby, a baby-products company in Oronoco, Minn., that is part of that coalition, said the damage from last year had already been done.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 22, 2026

“James Van Der Beek was one in a billion and he will be forever missed and i don’t know what else to say,” wrote Busy Philipps in her Instagram tribute.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

Appeared in the January 14, 2026, print edition as 'Zach Bryan Stays Busy'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

“You say you’ve been busy. Busy doing what?”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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