hasten
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A team of strategists at Deutsche Bank outlined 10 factors that, according to them, helped hasten the U.S.’s rise to a preeminent global power from a small country at the time of its founding.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 28, 2026
The military pressure would only increase until Iran ceded to the president’s terms, threat designed to hasten an agreement, the officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
If the U.S. government gets early access to the most advanced models, this could hasten the trend.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
The severity of seemingly mundane, everyday anxieties — school bullies, the prom, graduation, obnoxious Cher-obsessed college roommates — is on par with demons trying to hasten the apocalypse.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
‘We must hasten south, lord. Let us leave these wild folk to their fancies. Or let us bind them and take them to the king.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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