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hastily

[heyst-l-ee] / ˈheɪst l i /


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As the monsoon monsoons, our lights and cameras are hastily scooped up and moved into the beautiful Victorian kitchen of nearby Kenwood House.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Others took inventory of the hastily packed belongings in their trunks or snoozed as comfortably as they could in plastic chairs at the evacuation site.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

“We need the ballroom,” he told reporters at a hastily organized press conference following the canceled dinner.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Trump said at a hastily arranged late-night news conference at the White House that he first thought the noise was a tray being dropped, before realizing it was gunfire.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Camp that night was two tents thrown up hastily in the middle of dense bush with the spring bugs newly awake buzzing at the tears we hadn’t had time to repair.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline




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