hurry
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“But they were in a hurry to get this merger approved by hook or by crook.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The key is exploiting job-seeker anxiety, he noted: “They want somebody who is in a hurry to find a job.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
President Trump said that he’s in no hurry to resolve the U.S.-Iran conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"I have no time schedule. I'm not in a hurry."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Will booked into a bed and breakfast that day and said he had no plans to leave in a hurry.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
She prepares dinner, then hurries to an Amazon warehouse for a 6 1/2-hour shift sorting, scanning and hefting bulky items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Rosa hurries to her aunt's house, hoping to catch the last of the daylight.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2025
Each hurries forth into the night, headed somewhere we can’t possibly know in a world full of uncertainty.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025
More than halfway around the block, the rain picks up and Dominguez hurries them home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2024
She hurries José back to the car, where they find a heap of guavas the other boys left behind on the shoulder of the road.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Hundreds of volunteers hurried through the packed parking lot next to Bogota's largest stadium, forming human chains to pass donated water bottles, food provisions, sanitary products and bedding to the sorting area.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
People hurried to identify victims before they decomposed, in an era before refrigeration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Now it means not being hurried, spending time with my family, control over my schedule, and intellectual independence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Written in Persian on brittle paper in hurried hands, they formed the Mughal empire's information network: part intelligence brief, part official circular, part news bulletin.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
He hurried to the kitchen at the back of the house.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Bourses on the continent are hurrying to increase their competitiveness in an increasingly U.S.-dominated market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Hamstring injuries are finicky, especially for a mobile quarterback, and hurrying back from one is never smart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
We’re most vulnerable when we’re hurrying to check things off the to-do list and get a good deal, especially one too good to be true.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024
Gifford, 70, was injured while hurrying to the door and “it didn’t take much, because I was weak in that spot.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024
A truck was hurrying on its way to refuel the planes.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
