scramble
Example Sentences
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But given the scrambling it took to schedule Santa Cruz, no one was complaining about the seamless victory heading into the Trojans’ winter break.
From Los Angeles Times
A pivotal play by Herbert came on third and seven early in the fourth quarter as he kept the ball and scrambled for 34 yards.
From Los Angeles Times
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans scrambled to leave the country, terrified that the Islamists would exact revenge on anyone who had helped the West.
From Barron's
Europe scrambled to offer burden-sharing reassurances, but the Belgian PM wouldn’t budge.
During the 2000s—a period of high oil prices dominated by concerns about “peak oil”—companies scrambled for access to resources and partnerships with national oil companies.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
