helter-skelter
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The shale companies’ tepid reaction to the jump in crude prices is further proof that firms once known to grow helter-skelter have become disciplined.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Challambra Hill climb before the final helter-skelter dash to the finish.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
If England's crushing defeat in the first Test was a white-knuckle helter-skelter, this opening day in Brisbane was a titanic struggle and not for the faint-hearted.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
In the contemporary, helter-skelter sweep of Mexico City, there is one place — in the southern borough of Xochimilco — where a vision of a watery, pre-Columbian capital may still be imagined.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024
How could it be that bright fact and cloudy mystery were actually all mixed up, helter-skelter, together?
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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