hasten
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I hasten to add that it is not necessarily a criticism of these ETFs that they have lagged the broad market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
He believes it will take three to fours years before the vegetation recovers, adding: "It will be a long, long road and there is not a lot we can do hasten that recovery."
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
JGB prices are also likely being weighed on by rising crude oil prices, which may fuel domestic inflation worries and hasten rate increases by the Bank of Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Lestat is slightly bored with existing yet curious to see whether his music, primarily plied on the Internet, can reach enough undead followers to hasten the vampire apocalypse known as The Great Conversion.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Lest you think this journal has taken an unexpectedly dark turn, I should hasten to explain that he’s fine.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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Her confidante immediately hastens off to write “The Tears of the Comet,” an allegorical tale that decorously recasts certain incidents from his stay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Many, even most divorced men are not like this, he hastens to add.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2024
Though the initial responses in preclinical tumor models to the inhibitor were impressive, Olive hastens to point out that the tumors were not eliminated.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024
Ms Kaechele says she is amused - but not surprised - by the men who are genuinely upset, though she hastens to add that Mr Lau has been pleasant and impressive.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2024
After the service, I put myself in the path of Father Alphonse as he hastens from the chapel.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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As explained above, the complaint here merely hastened the defendants’ first court appearance.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Things have disintegrated since, hastened by the predictable filleting of goods and services to extrude every last cent of value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
I hastened my step to my car, not dawdling for a second to check messages once planted in the driver’s seat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
A full-size replica of a Spanish galleon stares out into Manila Bay, the centrepiece of a museum that will transport visitors back to the 17th century, when conscripted Philippine mariners hastened the era of globalisation.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
I hastened before Bessie; I softly opened the door: a shaded light stood on the table, for it was now getting dark.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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A nominee laser-focused on the general election might have been chastened, hastening to court the 47.6 percent of Democrats who’d backed his opponent.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
Officials have indicated it would take some time before the economic impact of the war can be judged, and that hastening to make a call would be a mistake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Yet prices remain on track for their largest yearly loss since the pandemic, due in part to major oil producers hastening their plans to boost production.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 28, 2025
Local residents had complained that exploration work had contaminated the water supply, threatened tourism and risked hastening the melting of glaciers, Kyrgyz media reported earlier this year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
Perhaps it is the fault of the mountains, glowering above us, delaying sunrise and hastening the night.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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