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scrambled

adjective as in jumbled

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RAF fighter jets have been scrambled from Scotland after a Russian military aircraft was detected flying close to UK airspace.

From BBC

During a massive troop surge in 2010, Hoover scrambled to keep U.S. forces supplied.

It sure looks as if he scrambled to develop this novel theory to assure Trump of his fealty and avoid getting bumped off the Supreme Court short list for his lone defection from MAGA.

From Slate

He scrambled up the middle for eight yards on the Chargers’ first possession, juking Tennessee linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. so aggressively that the former Chargers linebacker toppled to the turf.

South Africa survived when Matt Fagerson spilled in the shadow of the posts and survived again when Huw Jones began another siege, the upshot within seconds being a yellow card for Mapimpi as he scrambled to stop the charge.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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