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rushing

[ruhsh-ing] / ˈrʌʃ ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
hurrying
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ADJECTIVE
moving with great speed
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Just have realistic expectations about what rushing in will get you.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Innes believes companies will prefer to put their faith in low-cost projects rather than rushing "blindly" into massive expansion.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Mortgage lender, Gary Tumelty, said people were "starting to get nervous" and rushing to secure mortgage deals now, due to the prospect of the Bank of England base rate being increased later in the year.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The company is now grappling with outages and constraints as demand surges, and Anthropic executives are rushing to bring more capacity online, pursuing increasingly creative strategies to secure it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But I’m already rushing in for the hug.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko




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