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hurry

[hur-ee, huhr-ee] / ˈhɜr i, ˈhʌr i /




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Around the station, people who are still waiting for trains hurry to a pedestrian underpass that doubles as a shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Le Monde said Starmer's successor Andy Burnham had pressed Macron during talks in September to keep the deal alive but "Paris was in a hurry to end the cooperation on controlling migrant flows."

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Prof Rachel Isba who runs the clinic told the BBC some of the children she has seen had started wetting the bed or having to go to the toilet more often and in a hurry.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“He’d flown to Santa Barbara covering a fire, and he had the tape and was in a hurry to get it back in time” for the newscast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Mom said to hurry, but I have to do what Lou Ann says.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Running 83 minutes, the movie is Mr. Hara and Ms. Kobayashi’s shortest effort in this set, yet it hurries nothing, its proud participants detailing their daily challenges and hopes for societal accommodations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Rosa hurries to her aunt's house, hoping to catch the last of the daylight.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2025

He takes the dishes off her hands and hurries to drop them off at the sink before delivering those six water glasses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

Each hurries forth into the night, headed somewhere we can’t possibly know in a world full of uncertainty.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025

When we get to the sofa, Mom simply nods curtly at my father and Anastasia, gives me a forehead kiss, then turns and hurries away with John Mark.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

Procedures can be hurried to meet certain deadlines, like the end of a league season.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“There’s a degree of anxiety, especially those who were hurried out of their homes at dawn,” said Mike Evemy, leader of the local district council.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Despite Bonta’s lawsuit, Nexstar hurried the next day to finalize its purchase of Virginia-based Tegna and swallow the operation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Now it means not being hurried, spending time with my family, control over my schedule, and intellectual independence.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

I nodded and hurried out of the room.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

We would play on until the light started to fade, which indicated it was time to head home - again, I don't ever recall my mum or dad hurrying me in!

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

The first thing he noticed was that she failed to follow the scrubbing protocol, hurrying over her fingers and nails, finishing in a minute when everyone else took at least three.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025

Hamstring injuries are finicky, especially for a mobile quarterback, and hurrying back from one is never smart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

Houses and hills ablaze, people abandoning homes and cars, walking down the hill toward the sea and hurrying along Pacific Coast Highway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

A truck was hurrying on its way to refuel the planes.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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