harried
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A key measure of inflation used by the Federal Reserve to set interest rates posted the biggest increase in March in almost three years, marking another major hurdle for a resilient but harried U.S. economy.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Igor Jesus hit his own bar, Richarlison pressed and harried and Mathys Tel produced one of his better displays.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
As the harried solo parent of a sick child, Byrne lets the camera zoom in so close to her character’s insecurities that the audience breaks out in a cold sweat.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Even when a particular engagement is a disaster, the action ultimately resolves with a moral clarity almost entirely absent from the messiness of my harried world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
“Grant me a little peace. Isn’t it enough that I am harried all day long at work? I thought that I had adequately described to you the horrors which I must face daily.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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