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restlessly



ADVERB
fitfully
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ADVERB
nervously
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Musk had been an early investor in Hassabis’s AI company, DeepMind, which was three years into its restlessly ambitious pursuit of artificial general intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

In a remote village in western Nepal, thousands of miles from Israel, Mahananda Joshi was sitting restlessly at home on Thursday, his phone in his hand.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025

After looking him in the eye as Prongos waited, restlessly tucking his T-shirt into his shorts, Foster extended his hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024

For the first half of the series’ existence, It’s About Time restlessly bounced around bookstores and libraries in Seattle’s North End, including Third Place Books Ravenna and SPL’s University Branch.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

These tough, dried-up men moved restlessly up the coast and down.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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