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bustling

[buhs-ling] / ˈbʌs lɪŋ /








ADJECTIVE
humming
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STRONG
ADJECTIVE
hustling
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“An Awfully Big Adventure” follows 16-year-old Stella Bradshaw into the dim hallways and bustling dressing rooms of a popular playhouse in 1950s Liverpool, England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Earlier, AFP journalists saw travellers at Beijing's bustling airport forming a snaking queue to check in their luggage with the airline.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

It’s about to transform into a bustling nursery for tens of thousands of mosquitoes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

Markets, shopping centres and streets across Iran are usually bustling with large crowds of shoppers in the final days before Nowruz.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Durham transformed itself into a bustling, modern city: Electric trolley cars clattered down broad, tree-lined avenues.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson