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They’re too busy doing what Bart was—using an app to book and revise ride reservations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Davis said the train is typically busy on the weekends with people going to and from the beach, and there were about 500 passengers on board at the time it broke down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

Outside China, big tech companies such as Google are busy infusing smartphones with increasingly advanced AI features such as the ability to book appointments.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

Wall Street has been busy dialing up expectations for U.S. refiners’ second-quarter profits and sales.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

It kept us both busy, and feeling useful too, and that was so important.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

“I think beach-side hotels have been busier, because tourists are more interested in going to the beach while here.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

“I’m as busy or busier than I’ve ever been,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

“These customers are really busier than I’ve ever seen them before,” Biswas added, noting that many customers are involved in data-center construction or infrastructure modernization.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

Police said Glasgow city centre would be busier than usual on Saturday and urged people to plan their travel - especially on public transport - in advance.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

They are busy and thinking of ways to be busier because such a space of nothing pressing to do would knock them down.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Memphis is also home to the busiest cargo airport in the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

There's a more visible upgrade next to the nearby Clydeside Expressway, where several of the murals which line one of the city's busiest roads have been repainted to celebrate Scottish sporting legends.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

Reporting activity ramps up in late July, with the busiest stretch of the season expected around July 29.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

The number of travelers screened at TSA checkpoints on Sunday, July 5, the busiest day of the holiday travel period.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

“Ernest was probably the busiest man in the country,” Gow observed.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

In addition to helping customers with their plant selections, Mejia rings them up at the register and then busies herself with tidying and organizing the shop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025

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

Charged with keeping America’s workplaces safe, it usually busies itself with tasks such as setting and enforcing standards for goggles, hardhats and ladders.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2021

I slip just inside the building, leaving the door open behind me, and Tobias busies himself with the latch on the trash bin.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

An image published on social media by Iranian embassies abroad put Ghalibaf centre stage in the Iranian negotiating team, looking animated and gesturing with his hand, as Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi busied himself with teacups.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

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

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

Glory busied herself on her phone app and because Danny had no idea what ramen was, he let her pick something out for him.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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

As a 28-year-old, “I should be busying my days with travel and thinking about my next tattoo,” Ingram wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

In a makeshift supply depot in the capital, Kyiv, crowd-funders start busying themselves with his request.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2022

I liked busying myself with work all day, going back and forth to the river and continuously washing dishes.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah