pell-mell
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The court as a whole and the two concurrences hurtle pell-mell toward making it virtually impossible for plaintiffs like Mexico to successfully plead their claims.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025
Projects include programming robots to take care of some of the routine aspects of nursing and providing extra training to nurses before they are thrown into the pell-mell of the hospital floor or busy clinic.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2022
As projected here, amid masses of pell-mell archival material and TED Talk-style diagrams, the Tokyo Reels weren’t exactly meant to be watched.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022
Releasing, pell-mell, video of people’s initial reactions to the shooting invites precisely the kind of arm-chair psychology social media loves.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2022
Two bear cubs burst from the bush and rushed pell-mell, tumbling head over heels straight for her.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
Vocabulary lists containing pell-mell
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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