frantic
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Mince the hard-boiled eggs cleanly — decisive cuts, not frantic mashing.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
Crowds of flag-waving Hungarians have been cheering on their candidates for an election on Sunday, as Prime Minister Viktor Orban and challenger Peter Magyar hold frantic last-minute rallies.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
To their credit, Castres refused to go away but Saints eventually came out on top of a chaotic, frantic and high-quality contest to begin the last-16 weekend in style.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Twice in the last 50 years, crises in the Mideast, one of them centered in Iran, have turned Americans into frantic hunter-gatherers for another necessity: fuel for their gas tanks.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
And then, seeing my frantic search for which train she was talking about, she pointed her gaze toward the right one and went on.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing frantic
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