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Or the opportunity to introduce him to some innocent bystander so they can scurry away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

Once one side has been effectively tagged with responsibility, they’ll scurry for a way out.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2025

They also tended to stay closer to their hiding places and were more likely to scurry away when approached.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025

Some jolted forwards while others tried to scurry past the throngs of cameras and media equipment to grab one of the lucky yellow badges - their key to enter the court.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024

Maybe he would scurry inside, remove his jacket, and sit down at his desk.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

“It’s so intimidating to walk through here,” says an arena staffer as she scurries under the sight line of a video camera on a tall tripod.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

But despite this convincing show, Romy is merely faking it, a detail we learn moments later when she scurries off to the privacy of her office.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2024

After exchanging words with a curiously hostile waiter, the Collector scurries down a shadowy Chandleresque mean street before taking a fatal turn into a nightmarish alley.

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

She thanks the water polo coaches on her way out, and then scurries back across to the arena locker room for a quick shower before hitting the court with hair not yet completely dry.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2022

A rabbit scurries past, hopping in the opposite direction as fast as its legs can stretch.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Greenlandic staff scurried briskly into the building, looking ashamed to be working for America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026

Trilobites scurried across the seafloor among dense clusters of shelled mollusks.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 11, 2026

After half an hour, Ireland struck again as Ulster flanker Nick Timoney shrugged off a tackle and scurried through for the second try.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025

Thousands had excitedly scurried through the entrance gates before sunrise to claim a spot in the huge 5,000-capacity grandstand on the first tee.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025

Perilee scurried across the room and grabbed Mattie; I couldn’t see where Chase was.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

It sends a few scurrying for help, meanwhile, and leaves others vulnerable because they don’t know there’s anything they can do to prevent this from happening.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Two dogs climbed onto the rubble, scurrying up and down, but detected nothing.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

Index providers—the firms that compile market averages like the S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100, the Russell 1000 and so on—have been scurrying to accommodate these titanic deals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Slowly rolling through this scene, we spotted two critters scurrying along the roadside — fist-size creatures hopping on their back legs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

A hulking tiger stepped toward a cluster of demons, and its roar sent them scurrying behind Nergal.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda