hares

verb

present tense third-person singular of hare
as in races
to proceed or move quickly she's always haring off to attend to some emergency

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hares
  1. races
  2. flies
  3. speeds
  4. rushes
  5. scurries
  6. chases
  7. trots
  8. travels
Verb
  • For about an hour, the vehicle soared in space halfway around the world in a vital test mission coming as SpaceX races to have Starship ready for NASA's upcoming moon landing missions.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 July 2026
  • During Braves games, The Freeze races a fan along the warning track in the outfield.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of races
Verb
  • As the drone flies, the rushing wind sweeps through the wing, naturally cooling the receiver’s back.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
  • Anyone who frequently flies with Hawaiian Airlines or Alaska Airlines will get the most value out of this card.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 29 July 2026
Definition of flies
Verb
  • Also, take care to keep potatoes away from onions, as onions release ethylene gas, which speeds up the sprouting process.
    — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 19 July 2026
  • Beyond producing highly uniform nanowires, the technique speeds up materials research.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
Definition of speeds
Verb
  • Authorities blame successive, record-breaking heat waves and climate change for supercharging the blazes, as Europe rushes water-dumping aircraft, masks and thousands of firefighters to contain rapidly shifting fire fronts.
    — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
  • Google rushes to make changes Risking even higher fines for delaying updates, Google does not appear to be depending on Trump quickly stepping in to block the fines.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
Definition of rushes
Verb
  • Meanwhile, in King’s Landing, Alicent scurries the great halls, desperate to shore up support for her plan to hand Rhaenyra the Red Keep.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • That goes for much here, from the light that scurries away from Benjamín Echazarreta’s muted camera, to the moments of sweetness that punctuate Mariá Portugal’s largely ominous score.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 May 2026
Definition of scurries
Verb
  • Denny Hamlin, who was born in nearby Tampa, chases the best finish of his 21-year career.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • The Textbook Case The R&D tax credit rewards work that chases something new or improved, leans on real engineering, begins with technical uncertainty and resolves it through experimentation.
    — Anna Meadows, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of chases
Verb
  • After Nessa's crushing death, Glinda (Ariana Grande) hands off her jeweled footwear to Dorothy (Bethany Weaver), who trots down the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) in the Emerald City.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
Definition of trots
Verb
  • Culture travels further than any courier shipping Solar Buddies worldwide.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Likewise, the biking route usually travels by the Columbine Mine near 12,600 feet in elevation south of Twin Lakes and organizers hope to keep that feature on the route.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 31 July 2026
Definition of travels
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