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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

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

How quickly or slowly can the chyrons listing adverse reactions scurry across your screen?

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024

She talked and talked until Willie got so excited about helping to win the war that he jumped out of bed and made Aunt Evy scurry around getting him his pants and shoes.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

A few minutes' walk from the Citizens Advice office, Shania is sitting at the edge of a park feeding her newborn baby, while her older child, a toddler, scurries nearby.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

Brittany Hampton is blasting Olivia Dean as she scurries through her apartment, impeccably decorated with art deco furniture sourced from Facebook Marketplace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 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

There are no fresh ideas in the French creepy-crawler “Infested,” yet this first feature from Sébastien Vanicek scurries forward with such pep and purpose that its shortcomings are easily forgivable.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

There was nothing to be seen, although the tall grass moved and there was a faint sound, rather like that which a creature makes when it scurries through a bush.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith

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

One person scurried away covering her nose, while another confronted Anthony more directly: “How can you handle smelling like that?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 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

A light rain began to fall, and Rupa scurried to gather the dry clothes.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

“Johnnie Walker Black Label. And something Japanese,” he dictates to one of the two assistants scurrying around his palatial open-plan home in L.A.’s Beverly Grove.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

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

The officer stepped out into the hall, the matron bobbing and scurrying after him with the stool.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom