busy
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The company introduced flexible working, fidget toys in meeting rooms, and red or green "busy lights" on desks, that allow staff to indicate whether they're happy to be disturbed.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Dodger utility man Kiké Hernandez said he wasn’t going, either, explaining that he was busy rehabbing an injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Orta has been busy ever since, selling hundreds of listings that she promotes on Instagram and other social-media platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Don’t miss out on the shapes the lightning paints the clouds with because you’re too busy swimming in puddles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
We moved her out of the tiny bedroom facing the brick wall, down to Tante Jans’s front room where she could watch the busy life of the Barteljorisstraat.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The buffet at the South Point keeps getting busier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“I think beach-side hotels have been busier, because tourists are more interested in going to the beach while here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Commercial airports, as well as some larger and busier general aviation airports, charge landing fees to users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
“These customers are really busier than I’ve ever seen them before,” Biswas added, noting that many customers are involved in data-center construction or infrastructure modernization.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Between work and Boaz, he was busier than he’d ever been, so consumed with making this life work that he had scarcely said two words to the dead and had almost forgotten Her.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
The real-estate industry had been hoping this year’s spring selling season, typically the busiest period of the year, would shake the frozen market loose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
With the Red Sea a key link between Europe and Asia, the strait is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
In New York City's Times Square, one of the busiest pedestrian intersections in the world, photographs of Wang Wang come up on a gigantic digital screen every 35 minutes.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Memphis is also home to the busiest cargo airport in the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The man Baba and I spoke with on the first evening was right: afternoons are the busiest.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
In addition to helping customers with their plant selections, Mejia rings them up at the register and then busies herself with tidying and organizing the shop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
She and care worker Michelle Rispin laugh and joke with each other, as Michelle busies herself checking Kath has the food and help she needs.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023
Jack, meanwhile, busies his hands calling up images on his impressive machine.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2023
Charged with keeping America’s workplaces safe, it usually busies itself with tasks such as setting and enforcing standards for goggles, hardhats and ladders.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
She busies herself then with dusting off a pair of my shoes that have never taken a step.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
An image published on social media by Iranian embassies abroad put Ghalibaf centre stage in the Iranian negotiating team, looking animated and gesturing with his hand, as Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi busied himself with teacups.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
The immediate days after my wife moved out of our home, I busied myself in a “bounce back” way that’s been my signature move since forever.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
That is something Mr. Nguyen experienced personally when he busied himself pursuing publication in highly ranked journals instead of writing about what he truly loved: the philosophy of games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
On turning 90, she continued to live quietly in Chichester, where she busied herself raising money for the cathedral roof.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
Everywhere men busied themselves in frivolous and worthless occupations.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Really though, you are only busying yourself and putting off the inevitable trek back home for a few more minutes.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
Murdoch was also busying himself growing his operations in the US, where he gained a foothold in 1976 with US tabloid the New York Post.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023
Perez found that she, like her mother, didn’t know how to stop busying herself to rest or be present with her children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
In a makeshift supply depot in the capital, Kyiv, crowd-funders start busying themselves with his request.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2022
Now Worm- tail was busying himself at the bottom of the cauldron with a wand.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
