promptly
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Brewers manager Pat Murphy promptly replaces Uribe with left-hander DL Hall, who had been warming up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
"Anyone with fever, unusual tiredness, muscle or joint pains, vomiting, diarrhoea or unexplained bleeding should seek care promptly at the nearest health facility," Kenya's health ministry said.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
“I locked in and sat on a fastball, which came and promptly went over the center field wall,” Mr. Winfield says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Retail diesel prices promptly started climbing, spooking markets, because diesel is the workhorse fuel of the economy.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
They got seats at the back and Door promptly made himself comfortable and settled in to take a nap.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Vocabulary lists containing promptly
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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