frantic
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Give employees more time to solve problems, help customers and perhaps make their shifts a little less frantic.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Wael Tubasi, the 32-year-old son of homeowner Mahmoud Tubasi, described their frantic escape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
A humanoid’s frantic attempts to stay upright—arms flailing, legs skittering—bears an uncanny resemblance to the choreographed collapses of Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
But months of negotiations failed to produce a compromise capable of surviving the Senate floor, despite heavy lobbying from the crypto industry and a frantic final effort by Republicans to rewrite the legislation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Dodger squealed, high and frantic, a sound that tore at Akira’s heart.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Vocabulary lists containing frantic
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