hasten
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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
A team of strategists at Deutsche Bank outlined 10 factors that, according to them, helped hasten the U.S.’s rise to a preeminent global power from a small country at the time of its founding.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 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
There are some signs that this latest fossil-fuel price shock could hasten that kind of destruction—most notably increases in EV sales in many markets as gasoline prices jumped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Halley later claimed that he had only been tactful to Hevelius’s face, not wanting to hasten, the death of ‘an old peevish Gentleman’.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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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
But the perks – which include brushing shoulders with some of the globe's most-decorated musicians and easy access to the most sought-after tickets in town - aren't to be scoffed at, he hastens to add.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
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
Himself has hitherto sufficed to the toil, and the toil draws near its close: his glorious sun hastens to its setting.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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
Those plans had already been in the works, but when Messi signed with Inter Miami, they were hastened, said Leandro Petersen, the AFA’s chief commercial and marketing officer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Cummins was in danger of missing the series because of a back injury but hastened his rehabilitation to return in Adelaide.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
“Is that Lindsey Lee Wells?” one of the women asked, and then Lindsey brightened and hastened over to the table.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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In the letter, Carr also warned that the FCC would be monitoring Disney’s affiliate-station negotiations and agreements; with this week’s early request, he appears to be hastening that scrutinizing process.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 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
As developments in the Middle East remained in focus over the weekend, President Donald Trump quietly signed a directive hastening the review of certain psychedelic drugs.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
Label it whatever you wish, but the science is sound on this subject — and it is obvious that, by denying science, we’ve taken a pronounced step backward and are hastening our own demise.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2026
The guard cranked the handle of a telephone, and under a minute later a fresh-faced young priest came hastening into the gatehouse, wiping his palms on his robe in case she wanted to shake hands.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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