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Images of thousands of Afghans desperately trying to flee their country following a hasty US withdrawal have provoked an international outcry.

From Quartz

So the agency turned to better-equipped academic institutes and private medical centers, including at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas A&M, and Houston Methodist, a hasty stopgap pattern seen in state after state last year.

From Time

One of the women abruptly becomes a love interest, as if in a hasty attempt to make us feel something for her underdeveloped character seconds before her doom.

The board’s decision has become fodder for Bottoms’ critics, who said it represented her hasty and inconsistent leadership style.

That left the Free State, Maryland, as the closest place for many couples to obtain a hasty marriage license.

From Time

Benjamin Franklin warned against making any hasty conclusions on such “a point of great importance.”

But the thrill was already gone when Fox rushed out a hasty follow-up later that year, The Next Joe Millionaire.

One of my greatest phobias is getting rocketed while showering or using the bathroom, so I keep those trips hasty.

This course of action is what the Constitution envisions and also slows down the hasty rush to war.

Haddad flew back immediately to find his city rising up, and is now beating a hasty retreat on the bus-fare increase.

This is, of course, possible, but it cannot be more than speculation; the final Dunciad does show evidence of hasty revision.

And saying a hasty good afternoon, he popped through his doorway and vanished at Billy Woodchuck's feet.

Gilbert's "O shame, father," and Mrs. Rushmere's "God bless the dear child," following her hasty retreat.

Stunned by the reception they received, those who had not been killed or wounded beat a hasty retreat.

Sir Ralph, Mr. Findlay (who was helping us) and I, had our hasty lunch together.

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On this page you'll find 134 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hasty, such as: abrupt, careless, expeditious, hurried, ill-advised, and impulsive.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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