bustling

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“It was unmistakable, the sense of impending opportunity,” said Jon Hughes, the chief executive of boutique energy investment bank Petrie Partners, who visited the bustling hotel last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

In the bustling streets of the ancient Mughal city of Lahore, Pakistan's cultural capital, 49-year-old shopkeeper Aftab Ahmed is looking for solar panels to install at his home.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

The new Erewhon cafe in the museum, announced last week, was bustling.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

On de-boarding, the last station bore the look of a desolate Soviet-era structure rather than a bustling train terminal in a city where crowds typically jostle for space.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Just as Dad reached for the box with Kung Pao chicken, Mom came bustling through the front door, sending Fig in a crazed scamper toward my room.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas