hastily

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Rich Maw, an independent member of North Yorkshire Council and Scarborough Town Council, said he believed it had been "done too hastily", calling it "a sledgehammer to crack a nut".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Victors went beyond checking off a list of hastily scrawled names to thanking entire categories of people: women, ancestors, Koreans, audiences.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

With flights scrapped and travellers stranded or hastily repatriated, the war is also hammering tourism in a region that has become a prized destination for holidaymakers worldwide.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

The hastily arranged partnership of Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron arrived as a gold-medal contender—and villains in the eyes of figure skating’s most passionate fans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

“And after each we had hastily to push ashore in order to bail. In one set of big ripples or waves my canoe was nearly swamped.”

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple