hastily
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On view were hastily brushed, large canvases of musketeers, toreadors, atelier scenes and cavorting couples.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Police released further footage appearing to show crowds swarming a petrol station near the hospital and collecting items from the shelves before leaving hastily.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
A hastily prepared hotel conference room in Los Mochis was used for the ceremony.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
Correspondents then raced to the mansion for a hastily arranged presidential press conference.
From Barron's • Apr. 26, 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
Vocabulary lists containing hastily
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber
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