hectic

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Recording sessions took several years, fitted in around McCartney's hectic touring schedule, as well as the production of the Beatles documentary Get Back and the writing of a memoir about the star's 1970s band, Wings.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Tax preparation is a seasonal business — and a hectic pressure cooker.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Andresen said he wanted to be on the wheel of his main rival Brennan in the final hectic finishing sprint in Sunday's 183.8 kilometre road race and relished his opportunity to have the last crack.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

The reader doesn’t discover much about how Mansfield’s work was shaped by changing personal circumstances, from hectic bohemia to a series of continental spas, and learns too little about Mansfield’s achievements as a literary provocateur.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

But this period of hectic experiment was under threat: a religious storm was whipping up across the continent and music was in its path.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall