helter-skelter
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His dismay at Tehran’s recent impertinence, however, has occasioned helter-skelter statements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Challambra Hill climb before the final helter-skelter dash to the finish.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
The conditions made for a helter-skelter session with drivers clearly struggling for grip on a track where F1 has not held a race for five years.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
In the contemporary, helter-skelter sweep of Mexico City, there is one place — in the southern borough of Xochimilco — where a vision of a watery, pre-Columbian capital may still be imagined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
Tables and chairs lay helter-skelter, our dishes broken to bits, everything we owned scrambled and strewn across the floor.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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