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pell-mell

[pel-mel] / ˈpɛlˈmɛl /






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“In its pell-mell rush to discharge patients, we are losing sight of them,” Short said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

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

There, things shift into hyper drive: pell-mell running, whooshing through twisty pneumatic tubes, leaping onto floating brick roads — Mario is barely given time to catch his breath.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2023

Officials on the high-level visit with the president wasted no opportunity to thumb their noses at the Russian Army’s pell-mell departure.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2022

He ran pell-mell, snorting like a playground bully till he was one of the last of his kind left inside the circle.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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