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scramble
noun as in mix-up, confusion
Example Sentences
That can mean that investors suffering from losses in the stock market are scrambling to make up for them by taking advantage of their gains in gold.
In fact, the company says the app’s downloads have tripled since the FAA reduced air traffic earlier this month, which sparked a mad scramble across the industry and left travelers marooned.
Anthony scrambled his way down to reach Leah, pulled her from the water and put her in the recovery position, before having to leave her to find enough mobile signal to call the emergency services.
Most people put off any sort of end-of-life planning, and that leaves the family members who want to help them scrambling to make decisions in a crisis.
It is the latest signal that competition is intense as the biggest pharmaceutical companies scramble to pad their drug pipelines.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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