busy
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Much of his work is now confined to industrial areas, far from the busy public spaces where he once performed, hitting his earnings hard.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Allen cites a busy legislative session in which he was an author of bills signed by the governor that cracked down on the insurance industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Assuming you aren’t too busy rereading Patel’s children’s book, my colleagues have some ideas for how to spend the rest of your evening:
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
Investors will now turn to a busy slate of U.S. economic data this week, including job openings, the ADP employment report, personal-consumption expenditures and nonfarm payrolls, for clues on the Fed’s next policy move.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“She’s been running around busy with movie work, getting ready for the big fancy premiere on Thursday.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
"But I think in general terms the homelessness services are extremely busy, a lot busier... Case loads are extremely high and there are a lot more complexities with those presenting as homeless."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Avyla said that with these major sporting events coming through town she’s worried the cost of living will continue to rise as her work gets busier and busier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
It ushered in a new kind of fun that was fresher, busier and airier than past listservs and chatrooms, the dank basements of internet interaction.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Americans were living busier lives, with longer commutes, and as more women entered the workforce, getting domestic errands done efficiently became key.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
He also began to suspect, since he was so much busier than anybody else, that he was the leader.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
Because airfare is highly sensitive to demand, the busiest travel days generally coincide with the highest prices, while less-crowded days can mean savings — or even a more appealing nonstop flight.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
They pay smugglers thousands of dollars to board unstable and often overcrowded rubber dinghies to make the hazardous illegal journey across one of the world's busiest shipping routes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
After one of the busiest offseasons in the NBA, the Lakers begin their Luka Doncic-led era this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Between the two news conferences, Klopp looked like the busiest national team boss on the planet, making countless visits to league games and training facilities.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Just this once, in the very heart of the busiest of cities, everyone was perfectly content not to move and hardly to breathe.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
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
Instead, Akpan, who lives in Gainesville, Fla., and teaches creative writing at the University of Florida, busies himself with Ekong’s trials and tribulations in New York.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2021
He turns away and busies himself tugging the rug back in place.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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
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
Just before the trollish congresswoman was scheduled to arrive, a group of red-clad workers busied themselves with building big stacks of Greene's hardcover, published in November 2023.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2024
Dimple felt herself begin to hyperventilate, so she busied herself with putting her hair up in a bun.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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
I liked busying myself with work all day, going back and forth to the river and continuously washing dishes.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
