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“It’s so intimidating to walk through here,” says an arena staffer as she scurries under the sight line of a video camera on a tall tripod.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

But despite this convincing show, Romy is merely faking it, a detail we learn moments later when she scurries off to the privacy of her office.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

There are no fresh ideas in the French creepy-crawler “Infested,” yet this first feature from Sébastien Vanicek scurries forward with such pep and purpose that its shortcomings are easily forgivable.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024

A woman who, on the rare occasions she is seen, scurries to the shops and hurries straight back.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2022

The servant scurries to an adjacent room, leaving us alone in the chamber foyer.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton



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