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astir

adverb as in moving

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Shiny skyscrapers loom on the horizon; their squat, worn building, home to their clan since 1902, marks a contrast, nestled within a crowded complex astir with chatter and dust.

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News reporters were astir and skipped this curtain scene.

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And Korie’s text, which often tips into rhyme, can tend risible: “A feeling I infer of anarchy astir.”

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No need to cower behind a gate-post, indeed!—to peep up at chamber lattices, fearing life was astir behind them!

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Soon the gardeners would be astir, brushing the first leaves from the lawns and the paths, raking the gravel in the drive.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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