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scramble

noun as in mix-up, confusion

verb as in race; get into position clumsily

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That may diminish the scramble for shots, though it also means health officials and leaders will have to work harder to make sure they’re delivering shots to those who need them.

From Vox

Unless you put it out the night before, it’s a bit of a scramble in the morning.

In the aftermath of the late-night scramble to get vaccinated, I felt a strange mix of relief and guilt.

Now it’s a little bit of a scramble to get the pipeline back in order.

From Digiday

You can also see it in how he anticipates his receivers’ improvisational scrambles.

When Carter lost reelection in 1980, Rubenstein had to scramble.

In the meantime, the scramble is on and, in Republican presidential politics, anything can happen.

Colleges churn out graduates and confer advanced degrees, but the scramble for jobs continues.

Perhaps worst of all, this scramble for spoils raises the value of gains even as it lowers the bar for action.

The camera sweeps over to a room filled with seemingly holographic monitors as two technicians scramble.

Please remember that under socialism the scramble for wealth is limited; no man can own capital, but only consumption goods.

In all Trevithick's moves there was a scramble for money, in which he invariably came worst off.

Bascomb could scramble and make headway up the scarred bank, but there was no chance for the motor-cycle to follow.

What will it be like a few days hence, when I shall scramble through the passes and over glaciers by myself!

Half of the people had taken their seats when he began; there was a hasty scramble, and a decorous, half-checked smile.

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

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