hasty
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There was little Richardson could say to inspire a comeback, with Raducanu committing 42 unforced errors throughout the match, and she made a hasty retreat off court after Sierra secured victory.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
Hearts, who had been chasing a first title since 1960, made the decision to make a hasty exit from the stadium, citing a "menacing and threatening atmosphere".
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
What follows is a story told in hasty paragraphs, pithy fragments and cynical dispatches from a conspiracy theory-infested America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
The horrific allegations against both Gonzales and Swalwell comfortably met the bar for hasty resolution.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
As they moved away, he looked out and looked up, for one hasty glance at the gray winter sky.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
The FDA reached its decision in 97 days, about 40 percent of the usual timeline for such a review, but wisely refused to be browbeat into a hastier conclusion.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2021
Other nations, reckoning with their own wrongdoings, have been far hastier to arrive at this point.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 31, 2017
"The Delhi government is already working toward tackling this situation and now that we've picked up this report, the government will take hastier steps to tackle the situation," A.K.
From Reuters ● Feb. 13, 2012
Scarcely were the words out of his mouth than Ridgway was proved a greater exaggerator and hastier reporter than Hanley.
From Time Magazine Archive
They never met at dinner; but almost every morning the Doctor, going into the breakfast-room, met Richling just risen from his earlier and hastier meal.
From Dr. Sevier by George Washington Cable
When one of the creatures got through, Connery beat the hastiest of retreats.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2020
Alex Smith beat the hastiest retreat since Xerxes fled to the Hellespont.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the hastiest state visit the U.S. had ever laid on.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hastiest glance at recent European poetry shows the prominence of the mystery of pain.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 by B. O. (Benjamin Orange) Flower
He always was quick on the trigger, but I'll be darned if that wasn't about the hastiest move I ever saw him make.
From Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
Vocabulary lists containing hasty
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"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter
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