hasten
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If that’s true, may Workman’s sweet, intoxicating humor hasten its arrival.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 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
That transition is still a long way off, but war, as unwelcome and unnerving as it is, may actually hasten its arrival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
A team of strategists at Deutsche Bank outlined 10 factors that, according to them, helped hasten the U.S.’s rise to a preeminent global power from a small country at the time of its founding.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
And Shelob cowed at last, shrunken in defeat, jerked and quivered as she tried to hasten from him.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Willow, pregnant and officially on maternity leave, hastens to assist him in sifting through suspects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
But the perks – which include brushing shoulders with some of the globe's most-decorated musicians and easy access to the most sought-after tickets in town - aren't to be scoffed at, he hastens to add.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
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
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
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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
Fearing lizards and rats, cockroaches and snakes, Shirley hastened to her father’s side.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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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
Officials have indicated it would take some time before the economic impact of the war can be judged, and that hastening to make a call would be a mistake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 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
They had not, as far as Taran could tell, stopped hastening westward, and Dark Gate lay some distance behind them, though its peaks no longer could be seen.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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