scurry

Example Sentences

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The publisher’s staff scurried around trying to divine where everybody might be.

From Washington Post

They are among the dozens of obscure middlemen and go-betweens at the center of a new crackdown in Venezuela on corruption in the state-run oil industry that has government insiders scurrying for cover.

From Seattle Times

The fall of SVB and Signature, the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, sent investors scurrying to safe havens like bonds while depositors moved funds to bigger institutions and money market funds.

From Reuters

McCann added his 35th goal of the season two minutes later on a turnover and breakaway chance to send the Bridgestone Arena crowd scurrying for the exits.

From Seattle Times

But I’m willing to bet that Tom will be the last cockroach scurrying around after the apocalypse.

From Los Angeles Times