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hurry

[hur-ee, huhr-ee] / ˈhɜr i, ˈhʌr i /




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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

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

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

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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