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Many in the founding era expected the shutting-off of the African trade to hasten slavery’s extinction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

That doesn’t mean the market won’t crash, I hasten to add.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

He believes it will take three to fours years before the vegetation recovers, adding: "It will be a long, long road and there is not a lot we can do hasten that recovery."

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Lestat is slightly bored with existing yet curious to see whether his music, primarily plied on the Internet, can reach enough undead followers to hasten the vampire apocalypse known as The Great Conversion.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

To hasten a cure the community constructed a stage and musicians were hired to play soothing dance music so that the dancers might slowly waltz themselves back to good spiritual health.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

Her confidante immediately hastens off to write “The Tears of the Comet,” an allegorical tale that decorously recasts certain incidents from his stay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Many, even most divorced men are not like this, he hastens to add.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2024

Though the initial responses in preclinical tumor models to the inhibitor were impressive, Olive hastens to point out that the tumors were not eliminated.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024

Professor Francl hastens to say she doesn’t dump a shakerful in every cup.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Mother hastens upstairs to help the busy little housewife, and I tidy up both the bathroom and myself at the same time.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

A full-size replica of a Spanish galleon stares out into Manila Bay, the centrepiece of a museum that will transport visitors back to the 17th century, when conscripted Philippine mariners hastened the era of globalisation.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

That sparked a national outcry and hastened the end of the lockout.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

For the Mirage, the push to commercialize hastened its downfall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

Cummins was in danger of missing the series because of a back injury but hastened his rehabilitation to return in Adelaide.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

While I was thus engaged, Ernest entered: he had heard me arrive, and hastened to welcome me: “Welcome, my dearest Victor,” said he.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

The worsening security backdrop is hastening a Japanese defense buildup championed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

In the letter, Carr also warned that the FCC would be monitoring Disney’s affiliate-station negotiations and agreements; with this week’s early request, he appears to be hastening that scrutinizing process.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026

Yet prices remain on track for their largest yearly loss since the pandemic, due in part to major oil producers hastening their plans to boost production.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 28, 2025

Local residents had complained that exploration work had contaminated the water supply, threatened tourism and risked hastening the melting of glaciers, Kyrgyz media reported earlier this year.

From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025

Perhaps it is the fault of the mountains, glowering above us, delaying sunrise and hastening the night.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson