scramble
Example Sentences
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Helium users, who mostly lock in supply through long-term contracts, are now scrambling for scarce short-term spot market cargoes, a bidding war that has caused prices to more than double, market watchers say.
The scramble comes after many businesses in the Gulf dropped war-risk cover in recent years to reduce their premiums, brokers said, trusting the region’s reputation as a haven from political turmoil.
Even in the near term, economists say global demand could remain robust, buoyed by possible widespread policy easing as global policymakers scramble to cushion shock from the Iran war.
He turned his whole life upside down and had us scrambling in the wake of it.
From Literature
My blood scrambles into a mess and heat rises up the back of my neck, making my scalp prickle.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
