scramble
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Businesses, for their part, had to scramble to find new sources of supply for key commodities such as fertilizer, plastic and aluminum.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Look at how it has caused people to scramble for groceries and clear out the shelves. Honestly, there hasn't even been much wind or rain these past two days."
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
A collective exit can destabilize the system and create a scramble to balance power supply and demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
That was how it stayed until second-half injury time, when Shoja Khalilzadeh turned the ball home after after a goalmouth scramble.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Why were some children lucky and loved wholly and constantly and others left to scramble for shards of affection?
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
As the healthcare industry scrambles to integrate artificial intelligence, Eli Lilly is signaling it was already ahead of the curve.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
As Big Tech scrambles to build artificial intelligence, demand for compute has far exceeded supply.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
The attacks closed airspace, canceled flights and led to scrambles at the region’s busy airports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026
During the playoffs he has averaged 13.9 yards on nine scrambles, a potentially devastating dagger in his arsenal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
He scrambles across the room, fetches it from his bed, and drops it in my lap.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
Campaigns scrambled to offer their own slates of delegates who they thought would be pledged to them.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Unscathed, his team scrambled for new digs across the Hudson River, growing into a major player in debt and equity financing for mostly small and midsize companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Rescue teams scrambled to pull 17 people to safety, but after reaching the shore the man who was given CPR was pronounced dead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
"I scrambled really well. I felt like the crowd really helped me," said Fleetwood.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
I scrambled up the bank to tell him we were all fine and Aunt Maud had won for distance.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
He estimates that Anterix is trading as if the value of its spectrum were discounted by 30%, at a time when competing service providers are scrambling to build out new high-speed services.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Neighboring antennas can couple with one another, scrambling the light they produce.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Odysseus and his men initially have no idea the Cyclops can speak, leaving them scrambling against a creature they can barely understand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
This time around, authorities are scrambling to contain potential disruptions before they become systematic.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Irian followed, scrambling up scree fast, but rendered clumsy by the newness of her boots.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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