hectic
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It switches between a ghostly, vaporous beat and a hectic middle passage filled with sampled and pitched-up voices and clattering percussion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
"It was pretty hectic... it's nasty, but I was able to get in," he told AFP.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
"It's so hectic but cat life is calming. It's a calming chaos, you could say."
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Tax preparation is a seasonal business — and a hectic pressure cooker.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
One funny thing—in all that hectic period, something quickly struck my notice: the Europeans never pressed the “hate” question.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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