harried
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A key measure of inflation used by the Federal Reserve to set interest rates posted the biggest increase in March in almost three years, marking another major hurdle for a resilient but harried U.S. economy.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Igor Jesus hit his own bar, Richarlison pressed and harried and Mathys Tel produced one of his better displays.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
Even when a particular engagement is a disaster, the action ultimately resolves with a moral clarity almost entirely absent from the messiness of my harried world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
That puts her in rarefied territory for a family doctor—most of whom are so harried they barely know their patients individually.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
My normally harried, rushed mother always turns into a strung-out retail junkie just before Turkey Day.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing harried
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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