as in to race
to proceed or move quickly
she's always haring off to attend to some emergency
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Recent Examples of hare
Porter and Slotkin were both elected in 2018, and both hare strong fundraisers.
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Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2023
Crafting an opinion that nine individuals can all agree on is also likely to result in a judicial consistency that won’t shift with changing political tides, or hare off too far and fast in a particular direction.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2022
Why hare off to nurse in the Spanish-American War?
—Denise Davidson Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
Sadio Mane intercepted a stray pass on the edge of his area, before playing a through ball between two defenders to set Mohamed Salah haring down the line.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
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Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2023
Crafting an opinion that nine individuals can all agree on is also likely to result in a judicial consistency that won’t shift with changing political tides, or hare off too far and fast in a particular direction.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2022
Why hare off to nurse in the Spanish-American War?
—Denise Davidson Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
Sadio Mane intercepted a stray pass on the edge of his area, before playing a through ball between two defenders to set Mohamed Salah haring down the line.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
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Verb
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This time, as Tigers second baseman Gleyber Torres raced toward the ball, Kwan advanced to third.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The technology has rapidly developed since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, and companies are racing to build more powerful models, but some experts warn of potentially deadly risks and have called for safeguards.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And speaking of cleanup, they can be washed in the dishwasher to speed up the process.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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Only nine of those 32 years were profitable on a division-wide basis, the two most recent being in 2016-17 and 2017-18 and coming as a result of that huge 2016-19 TV rights deal, as massive revenue increases sped past cost growth.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Since then, however, the floodgates have opened and many Big Brother alums have tried their hand at the globe-trotting CBS series over the years, with two BB couples (Cody Nickson and Jessica Graf as well as Derek Xiao and Claire Rehfuss) winning the show.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Sep. 2025
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But each time, the group ignored his attempts to join in, leaving Rylo trotting by himself.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Jarda hurried over with a large beer and a vodka and set them in front of her.—
Zuzana Říhová,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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That's why Amazon shoppers are hurrying to grab a soft and fluffy comforter for fall.—
Melody Kazel,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Tigers, however, own a one-game lead and the tiebreaker over the Astros, who are chasing them for the third wild card position.—
Christian Romo,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The momentum immediately swung back to the Chargers, and the Chiefs chased that point the rest of the night in an eventual loss to start the season.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Given the New York Mets' collapse, the team didn't have to worry too much about rushing him back for the final stretch of the regular season.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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But not everyone agreed that this mom would be better off picking her battles before rushing into an argument that could cost her a peaceful relationship with her in-laws.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Also, there is no Santa, but Alexia’s gay Jonny is there to trash-talk Todd once more before flying home to Spain.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The weapon can also fly more than 45 miles to strike mobile targets, reducing the amount of time that aircrews spend in harm’s way.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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Even on Tuesday morning, mere days before the Vikings’ 195-or-so-person traveling party arrives, Martin was sorting through specifics.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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In March, a large sinkhole opened up in front of a motorcyclist traveling in the South Korean capital, Seoul.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Hare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hare. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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