rush
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Details of the discovery leaked online this week, forcing the PHP platform's developers to rush out its announcement of the security flaw and its huge scale.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Details leaked online Tuesday, a day before the planned release of the fix, prompting the rush to take sites offline.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The prestige TV gold rush inspired plenty of marquee stars to jump ship, taking roles from deep-pocketed streamers for niche audiences.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
“I feel like an undercover cop right now,” she says, clearly getting a rush.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Which one of them would be the standby flier who’d rush up to the counter and ruin Angela’s life?
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Whenever it rains, water rushes down streets and sidewalks — picking up any trash, pesticides, dog poop and other fecal matter in its way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
King Slide’s business is booming as the world rushes to build data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The 6-foot, 220-pound North Carolina product gained 737 yards from scrimmage and had five touchdowns in 156 touches — 124 rushes and 32 receptions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Downpours from intense summer thunderstorms can fall faster than the water can soak into the ground and, instead, it rushes over the surface, leading to flash flooding.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
She looks annoyed and rushes out the door.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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Yahlee Reske and Mika Magal, both 21 years old, rushed out of a nearby bar when they saw Shalev walk past.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Justice Brown has rushed for more than 1,000 yards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
"It's stunning," lead author Daniel Collins told AFP about the outcome of the experiments, recalling the "eureka moment" when he first saw positive results and rushed to his PhD supervisor's office to share the news.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
When consecutive contamination scares hit shredded iceberg lettuce and jalapeños, Sweetgreen rushed to reassure diners that it doesn’t use iceberg lettuce and its suppliers weren’t affected, and it tightened safety protocols.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
She’d been following Duane’s ordeal through her telescope back on the Shipwreck and rushed over as soon as she could with a small jar of grease.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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She said the family was rushing to figure out what happened, including whether Muñoz could have been confused with younger relatives of the same name, including a U.S.-born son who is a registered voter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The running back now leads the NFL with 665 rushing yards, a record from a player's first five games with a new team, and the Chiefs visit his former team Seattle next Sunday.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
“The importance of not rushing girlhood,” Ms. FitzSimons writes, “that liminal phase after the haze of early childhood but before boy-crazy adolescence” was a personal cause for American Girl’s creator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Ambulances were seen rushing to pick up injured people as the protest entered its tenth hour.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Below them, they saw only the rushing water of the Tuscan River.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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