scrambles

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As Big Tech scrambles to build artificial intelligence, demand for compute has far exceeded supply.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

The director, Ciarán O’Reilly, keeps the dramatic and comic fires fueled as the play, which runs just 80 minutes, scrambles toward a conclusion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

During the playoffs he has averaged 13.9 yards on nine scrambles, a potentially devastating dagger in his arsenal.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Some huge throws and swashbuckling scrambles are commonplace for Mahomes in the play-offs, but right now the Chiefs are in post-season mode - at 6-5 and only 10th in the AFC standings.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

The problem’s often phrased in terms of a large number of men who check their hats at a restaurant, whereupon the attendant promptly scrambles the hat- check numbers randomly.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos