busy
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Heder is tucked into a quiet corner of a busy coffee shop in L.A.’s Eagle Rock neighborhood, where she has long lived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Show up on a Wednesday night and you’d be forgiven for thinking it was the middle of a busy Saturday.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Working in a busy NICU, he loves how a cake can bring joy to the ward and has won over the nurses with his bakes.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
For this attempt, Navratil picked late Sunday afternoon as the usually busy spot would be at its quietest and warmest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
‘I assume you’ll be with Karly and too busy as well?’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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
He chooses busier border crossings, avoids books prominently featuring politically sensitive figures and has hidden books inside his clothes, or deep in his luggage.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Americans were living busier lives, with longer commutes, and as more women entered the workforce, getting domestic errands done efficiently became key.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
"At the weekend it gets busier, but otherwise..." one hotel manager said, trailing off.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
That next year I’ll be even busier and have even less time to give to a dog.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Hundreds of flights were delayed at Florida's busiest airport following the crash.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Founded in 1928, MIA is America's busiest airport for international freight and second busiest for international passengers, offers more flights to Latin America and the Caribbean than any other US airport," according to their website.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The crash temporarily halted operations at one of the nation’s busiest airports.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Summer is the busiest time of year for iceberg activity in Greenland's glacier-fed fjords, and 2026 delivered a particularly dramatic example.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 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
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
Nita busies herself at the counter, making sure the containers there are lined up, though they haven’t moved since we first came in.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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
At this point, Fred caught his mother’s eye and quickly busied himself with the marmalade.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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
Meanwhile, the Mariners hitters were busying being stymied by the Nationals young lefty MacKenzie Gore.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
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
“She’s so tall,” says Gat, busying himself with boxes of tea, jasmine and English Breakfast and so on.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
