scramble
Example Sentences
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Hundreds of thousands of Afghans scrambled to leave the country, terrified that the Islamists would exact revenge on anyone who had helped the West.
From Barron's
Europe scrambled to offer burden-sharing reassurances, but the Belgian PM wouldn’t budge.
During the 2000s—a period of high oil prices dominated by concerns about “peak oil”—companies scrambled for access to resources and partnerships with national oil companies.
From Barron's
The big swing was the result of a massive short squeeze, they said, as a broker was left scrambling for shares of the Infosys ADRs.
From MarketWatch
Suddenly, Golding had to do more than scramble to hire new staff, keep recruits from defecting, and convince players not to transfer to other schools.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
