hurry
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Boro boss Kim Hellberg urged Lankshear to hurry up, but he took too long and substitute Fin Cartwright was told he could not come on immediately.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
We didn’t want to wait until an emergency forces us to purge in a hurry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Mohamed Nias was one of the hundreds of Moroccans who left work in a hurry on Thursday, having "heard that the border with Ceuta was open".
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Not in a hurry, Liu stayed at the top for four hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
I stood up quickly, wiping my eyes, and in my hurry ripped my toenail on a stone.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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She prepares dinner, then hurries to an Amazon warehouse for a 6 1/2-hour shift sorting, scanning and hefting bulky items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Rosa hurries to her aunt's house, hoping to catch the last of the daylight.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 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
Halfway through the season, Toia has tallied just 12 tackles, half a tackle for loss and two quarterback hurries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024
“Oh, my. Oh, I’m sorry,” Mrs. Sheldon says, then hurries over to hug me.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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People hurried to identify victims before they decomposed, in an era before refrigeration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Some supporters hurried to work still wearing Spain jerseys, while others had red and yellow face paint streaked across their cheeks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Now it means not being hurried, spending time with my family, control over my schedule, and intellectual independence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
“Whether due to confusion, oversight, an overly hurried jury selection process, or some other cause, things broke down,” Kavanaugh wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
“Quick question,” I said as we hurried across the main atrium toward the library section.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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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
In fact, such a thing had been in the works since the 1950s, but instead of hurrying to get them assembly-line ready as L.A. was sickening with smog, Detroit just made bigger, filthier cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 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
We’re most vulnerable when we’re hurrying to check things off the to-do list and get a good deal, especially one too good to be true.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024
One evening, hurrying around before catching his flight to Haiti, Farmer stepped off a curb and was struck by a car.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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