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
If England's crushing defeat in the first Test was a white-knuckle helter-skelter, this opening day in Brisbane was a titanic struggle and not for the faint-hearted.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
It was a little more of a helter-skelter approach, but we somehow got through it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
They had left him alone most of the week It had rained, and he had made a model of a helter-skelter, out of cardboard painted silver.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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