hasten
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That doesn’t mean the market won’t crash, I hasten to add.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
JGB prices are also likely being weighed on by rising crude oil prices, which may fuel domestic inflation worries and hasten rate increases by the Bank of Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
But, while Fernandes and Lewis-Skelly are different types of midfielders, the latter's emergence may hasten a change in approach.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
We must hasten back on the wings of prose to the factory and its folk, who prompted my rather lengthy digression.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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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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But I think maybe two things hastened it a little bit.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“Just trying to stay present, stay in the moment,” Balogun hastened to add.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
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
These efforts allegedly hastened the downfall of Terraform after some aggressive trading firms used that information to trade against the stablecoin and its sister token, Luna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
He hastened to greet the stranger, take his spear, and seat him on a chair of honor.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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The worsening security backdrop is hastening a Japanese defense buildup championed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
However, repealing the earnings test would likely lead to more people claiming Social Security early, hastening the system’s impending insolvency.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 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
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
One eye smiling at me, the other at the door, his vast stomach hastening ahead of him.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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