hectic
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"It was pretty hectic... it's nasty, but I was able to get in," he told AFP.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
He said the reality involved a lot of checking the Google calendar: "It can get very, very hectic at times, when you've got three or four on the go, it's logistics most of the time."
From BBC • May 5, 2026
After just two minutes, it explodes in a burst of sound that leads directly to the hectic “In the Blink of an Eye.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Like many cafes in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, the circa-1946 Café Giảng slots into the hectic, colorful streetscape like a narrow paperback on a library shelf.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
In the mist, in the hectic turning, running, turning, hiding, she could not tell whether or not she recognized any of them.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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