harried
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Though the ring knows when I’ve been walking, it confuses my harried morning routine for housework.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 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
When they were first married, Heather was a harried corporate lawyer working long hours.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026
The records depict harried disaster workers appearing to take dangerous shortcuts that could leave hazardous pollution and endanger thousands of survivors poised to return to these communities.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025
Even the waiters, with their good-grooming hair and air of harried discretion, look the same, and probably are.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing harried
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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