as in hurried
acting or done with excessive or careless speed
what began as the defection of a handful of employees soon became a gadarene exodus that threatened to leave the advertising agency understaffed
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But for some reason the powers that be have decreed artificial intelligence a civilizational imperative, requiring the hurried construction of swarms of data centers, on Earth and in space.
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Right now, decisions are being made in a hurried, contradictory fashion.
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Instead, Mahan and his wealthy Silicon Valley backers talked themselves into a rushed and premature campaign that was never remotely competitive.
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As immigration officers arrested her six weeks ago, through tears and a rushed goodbye, Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez had a request for her daughter.
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Using flying distance, an approximate 400-mile trip became a 3,550-mile journey.
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The white-gold indices, also hand-engraved, and star trails, evoking the night sky, are joined by 18-karat-pink-gold hands, a visible flying-tourbillon cage, a dual-register split-seconds flyback chronograph, and a semi-Gregorian perpetual calendar.
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The parking lot of a pharmacy turned into a makeshift shelter with tarps, hammocks and tents.
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People turned the parking lot of a pharmacy into makeshift shelter by setting up tarps, hammocks and tents.
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The headlong rush of Na’s bonkers would-be international blockbuster left Cannes alternatively awed, befuddled and thrilled.
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What burning question prompted such a headlong pursuit?
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Catastrophizing, making rash decisions and hasty cuts and failing to see the situation clearly just exacerbate the issue.
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So unless someone is at high risk for Lyme, the standard advice following a tick bite is to wait and watch for fever, rash or flulike illness over the next 30 days and see a doctor right away if any symptoms appear.
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July 3 could bring shocks or surprises; just beware of being too risky or impulsive.
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Seems impulsive … Carter wants to be a cop?
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The snowy first look released by Apple back in March honestly bares some cursory resemblance to the snowy, period, Eastern European setting that the AI prompt manages to generate — which again is just for a storyboard!
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My general understanding of book clubs had, to that point, been cursory.
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“Gadarene.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gadarene. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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