hectic
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It was hectic, but the onetime Miss Walterboro had a smile and a dollop of charm for everyone she encountered.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
"It's so hectic but cat life is calming. It's a calming chaos, you could say."
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Pope Leo was on the 10th day of his African tour, following a hectic schedule that began on Wednesday with a mass in Mongomo, near the border with Gabon.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 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
His eyes were pulsating in hectic desperation, flapping like bat’s wings, as the many tall policemen seized him by the arms and legs and lifted him up.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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