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hastily

[heyst-l-ee] / ˈheɪst l i /


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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

On view were hastily brushed, large canvases of musketeers, toreadors, atelier scenes and cavorting couples.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

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

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Correspondents then raced to the mansion for a hastily arranged presidential press conference.

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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