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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hare
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The timing of the deal comes as Big Tech firms race to secure scarce land, power, and compute capacity—the foundational resources underpinning the AI race.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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My heart was racing, but not with excitement.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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Stacking them on top of each other had only spread the grit into the spongy pores beneath the caps, speeding up their decay.—
Callie Sumlin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 Oct. 2025
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The data showed that where Maggie's phone was found, Alex had slowed down and then sped away.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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That proved critical when Abner Uribe made a wild pickoff attempt on Edman at first, allowing Freeman to trot home with a second run.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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The display features a larger-than-life horse sculpture trotting through birch trees created from piano keys.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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But with victory comes hustle as stores hurried to fill the demand of playoff gear.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Duane heard the shooting and hurried around to help.—
Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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Cavazos says this work — chasing leads or even, at times, following ICE agents — to alert the community can be hard, especially now that the Department of Homeland Security regularly accuses groups like Cavazos' of interfering with their jobs and endangering the lives of immigration officers.—
Marisa Peñaloza,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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In private debt, incentive misalignment can arise if managers prioritize asset growth at all costs, which sometimes leads to chasing thinner spreads or riskier deals.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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Kim rushed home to find Kris lying on a stretcher with a neck brace.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Robinson rushed for 170 yards on 19 carries with an 81-yard touchdown that blew this game wide open in favor of the home team.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The 2023 Texas Rangers lost here on the final day of the regular season, which forced them to fly across the country and start the playoffs on the road against the Tampa Bay Rays.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Following a medical evaluation, Alaska Airlines said its crew was cleared to fly, and the aircraft continued on after a 90-minute delay.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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Thirteen weeks later, the couple traveled to Russia and brought Anna back home to Georgia.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
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Toulouse’s approach aims to miniaturize 3D printing technology to travel through a thin optical fiber to address the drawbacks.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Hare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hare. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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