busy
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Polo is the latest in a busy Pacific storm season turbo-charged by the El Nino weather phenomenon that has caused unprecedented warming in the equatorial Pacific.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Investors will now turn to a busy slate of U.S. economic data this week, including job openings, the ADP employment report, personal-consumption expenditures and nonfarm payrolls, for clues on the Fed’s next policy move.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“This place is busy on a Saturday,” witness Kevin Stein of Dublin told KTVU-TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The candidates are bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, who are currently busy devouring as many calories as possible to fatten up for winter hibernation.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
A quick glance around showed that Ella, Calvin, Molly, and Sid were very busy pretending that Regan and I were invisible.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Avyla said that with these major sporting events coming through town she’s worried the cost of living will continue to rise as her work gets busier and busier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
"It's busier than the carpark at my local mall," says Nick, visiting from the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
It ushered in a new kind of fun that was fresher, busier and airier than past listservs and chatrooms, the dank basements of internet interaction.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The canal is busier than ever, with traffic rising more than 5% in annual terms in recent months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Between work and Boaz, he was busier than he’d ever been, so consumed with making this life work that he had scarcely said two words to the dead and had almost forgotten Her.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Because airfare is highly sensitive to demand, the busiest travel days generally coincide with the highest prices, while less-crowded days can mean savings — or even a more appealing nonstop flight.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
They pay smugglers thousands of dollars to board unstable and often overcrowded rubber dinghies to make the hazardous illegal journey across one of the world's busiest shipping routes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Heathrow is the UK's busiest airport, serving more than 80 million travellers a year with its four passenger terminals and two runways.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Federal aviation officials are preparing to launch an AI-powered air-traffic tool in one of the nation’s busiest corridors as soon as Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
He picked Tisch Hospital, part of New York University Medical Center, an academic center with relatively affluent patients, and passed up Bellevue, a city-run hospital with one of the busiest emergency rooms in New York.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
A retired workers’ comp claims examiner, Carlo busies himself as a handyman and gardener.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Meanwhile, Nouman busies himself with scouring the ground for twigs and bits of wood to make a fire.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
She and care worker Michelle Rispin laugh and joke with each other, as Michelle busies herself checking Kath has the food and help she needs.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023
Jack, meanwhile, busies his hands calling up images on his impressive machine.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2023
She glances between our faces, then busies herself refilling the napkin holders on the counter, bracelets of silver and turquoise clinking against the metal.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
That is something Mr. Nguyen experienced personally when he busied himself pursuing publication in highly ranked journals instead of writing about what he truly loved: the philosophy of games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Local people busied themselves with clearing away the rubble and recovering a few possessions.
From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026
On turning 90, she continued to live quietly in Chichester, where she busied herself raising money for the cathedral roof.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
Just before the trollish congresswoman was scheduled to arrive, a group of red-clad workers busied themselves with building big stacks of Greene's hardcover, published in November 2023.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2024
Gigi glanced at Layla, who busied herself folding an already dirty burp cloth.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
Really though, you are only busying yourself and putting off the inevitable trek back home for a few more minutes.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
Murdoch was also busying himself growing his operations in the US, where he gained a foothold in 1976 with US tabloid the New York Post.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023
Perez found that she, like her mother, didn’t know how to stop busying herself to rest or be present with her children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
True, their gaudy offense had not seemed to enjoy busying itself with obtaining little chunks of yardage, not as much as the 562 yards per game that topped the nation last year.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2022
Jojo sat in the back with Stella, busying himself with a bag of marbles, sorting them by color and importance.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
