scrambling

Example Sentences

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Padre Pepe's team are scrambling to help everyone submit their paperwork before the deadline.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Sometimes she’s a scrambling mom with a troubled kid; sometimes she’s an awkward umpire learning on the job; sometimes she’s just yearning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

As SpaceX prepares its long-awaited stock market debut, investors everywhere are scrambling to get a piece of the action -- through investment funds, related company stocks, and even online prediction markets.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Back then, American Axle was scrambling to cut costs and hunker down as its main customer, GM, teetered toward bankruptcy the following year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The reduced crew at Fukushima Daiichi was scrambling to understand and control the situation.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland