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A team of animal lovers has come to the rescue of pets people left behind in their haste in the area west of the wine-making capital of Bordeaux.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

President Masoud Pezeshkian is a functionary, selected in haste in 2024 to replace Ebrahim Raisi, whose helicopter crashed into a mountain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Still, Browne cautioned against haste even as he urged action.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

Met Police chief Mark Rowley accused Polanski of amplifying "inaccurate and misinformed commentary" and Polanski later apologised for "sharing a tweet in haste".

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

With great haste, the old people began to dig.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

Back hastes Æneas to his friends, and they 1072 Straight to Caieta steer, and anchor in her bay.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor

But no! for deaf and blind with greed, To the council Judas hastes away, And there repeats in evil trade, The bargain once with Dathan made.

From King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth by William T. Stead

Lo! with outstretched arms he hastes to meet you, with tokens of welcome and the kiss of peace.

From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Joseph Cross

Pleased to wear the crown, A forum good Acestes hastes to frame, And laws to gathered senators proclaim.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor

The man that hastes to become rich often finds that he has only brought on ruin.

From Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse by Harrison Weir

A group of Templars hasted to him, seized him and repelled him from me.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

It stood still in the midst of the heaven and hasted not to go down.

From Time Magazine Archive

So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

From Time Magazine Archive

I had private notice ere the messenger came, and hasted unto Mr. Speaker Lenthall, ever my friend.

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

And the messenger hasted him all the night, and stayed him not until that he was come at daybreak to the gate of the Castle.

From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Christin? de Pisan

It is compared to the swoop of the eagle hasting to the prey; to the swift post, to the bubble on the river.

From The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession by John H. Aughey

The night was falling; through an embrasure and across the gardened valley I saw the lamp-lighters hasting along Princes Street with ladder and lamp, and looked on moodily.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

Thence, hasting by private stairs and passages, he came at length unseen to his own chamber, tore off his clothes, and threw himself upon his bed in the dark.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

She then rose up, quite deprived of her senses through joy, and ran crouching away on the road towards Moffat, as if hasting beyond her power to be at it.

From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg

He still kept open house, and gave goodly cheer to all, ever borrowing more and more, spending and vending, wasting and hasting to scatter everything he had.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason