scramble

The unlikely alliance illustrates the increasingly desperate scramble for “compute,” the lifeblood of the AI boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

They used to have my favorite breakfast in the world: sourdough, soft scramble, prosciutto and Parmesan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

As policymakers scramble for solutions to shore up Social Security’s finances, some are looking to the tax system to find new sources of revenue for the program.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

"God forbid we wake up the prime minister and he says, 'Wake up the entire IDF immediately, scramble the air force!'" he told Israel's right-wing Channel 14 television network.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Gene looks her way and the pressure on my chest lets off just enough for me to scramble away to the side.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

The surge comes as the state scrambles to secure electricity for power-hungry data centers and the Las Vegas Strip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

While the rest of the country scrambles to make a living in a world upended by the digital revolution, its creators revel in lifestyles that make the giddy heights of Versailles appear quaint.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

French carmaker Renault said on Monday it was developing a ground-based drone for military and civilian use as Europe scrambles to boost weapons production in the face of Russian aggression.

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 problem’s often phrased in terms of a large number of men who check their hats at a restaurant, whereupon the attendant promptly scrambles the hat- check numbers randomly.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Canada is one of the countries that have scrambled to bulk up their forced-labor enforcement amid the U.S. push.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Foreign oil companies scrambled for a slice of Venezuela's crude at an oil summit in Caracas this week despite years of sanctions, underinvestment and mismanagement that have crippled the once booming industry.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Australia wing Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i was then sin-binned as well to leave Australia three men down and replacement scrum-half Morne van den Berg scrambled in to cut the lead to 11 points.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Deep floodwaters in Bangkok drove thousands of residents into shelters as others scrambled to buy groceries or dry out their homes on Sunday after days of heavy rain inundated markets, roads and residences.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

We scrambled up and turned our innocent faces to the flag.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

He continued: "With its traditional covert footprint eviscerated by almost 1,000 expulsions since the invasion, the Kremlin's global toolkit is weak. So we see them scrambling to pay criminals to do their bidding."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Broke, hopeless, searching, frightened,” he says now, “I was absolutely the perfect recruit. They promised me the tools to succeed. When you’re 21, 22 and you’re scrambling to succeed, that’s very appealing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Now fights over how to get more of it—and what projects to give priority to—are sending a powerful industry scrambling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Since the 1980s, psychologist and MIT professor Sherry Turkle has been warning that modern technology is scrambling our ability to live in the real world and feel empathy for fellow human beings.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

The residents immediately became squatters, scrambling up the steep hillsides to remake their homes and farms on land they didn’t own.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French