scramble

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Their sales remain robust, as other brands falter and scramble for answers, and Alessandro Sartori has led Zegna since 2016, which feels like an entire lifetime compared to the musical chairs at other brands.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

In the months ahead, he must lay the groundwork for consensus between nearly 200 nations even as the war rattles energy markets, nations scramble for fuel supply and climate change slips down the priority list.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

But instead of ending capital punishment in the United States, the Furman decision set off a scramble in which states reenacted their death penalty laws in the hope of curing the problem Justice Douglas identified.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

The International Energy Agency was established to coordinate national responses to crises and avoid a repetition of the bruising scramble among countries for oil that sent prices soaring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The mmoatia scramble away, the monkeys scream back, the cats hiss, and all the humans jump—except Autumn, who coolly leans away.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer