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scramble

[skram-buhl] / ˈskræm bəl /




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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

Even Yankees appearances in the World Series—where they appear much more regularly and in a stadium with more than double the Garden’s seating capacity—can’t match this scramble for seats.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

After we scramble down a hilly section of the trail, he asks how my chest is.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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