as in races
to proceed or move quickly
she's always haring off to attend to some emergency
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Once again, extraordinary wealth is concentrating into fewer hands while technology races ahead faster than society’s moral conscience.—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026 -
While Jackson County races to hear the last of homeowners’ appeals from the troubled 2023 property valuation cycle, some could be eligible for a class action lawsuit.—
Ilana Arougheti
June 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
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Here, a quilt flies over the spacious skies of Utah’s Dead Horse Point State Park (an area threatened by drilling permits approved by the US Bureau of Land Management) bearing Wes Gordon’s Georgia, Ashlynn Park’s Arkansas, and Sergio Hudson’s South Carolina, among others.—
Alexandra Hildreth,
Vogue,
23 June 2026
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The Lions are not typically a team that flies counter to recognizing social justice causes.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
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Frequent mowing keeps clippings small, preventing smothering and speeds up decomposition for reuse.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
21 June 2026
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The First Alert Weather Team is keeping an eye on this next storm system, just in case the timeline speeds up.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Faced with ambiguity, the mind rushes in to solve it — to know.—
Nancy Colier,
Baltimore Sun,
17 June 2026
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Traffic rushes by on the surrounding streets, but within the 16-acre neighborhood of Culdesac, cars are conspicuously absent.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2026
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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
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The way Radcliffe scurries out of his chair and into the green room to meet Liu illustrates her visceral impact.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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The service quotes, handles objections, books the visit, and chases the estimates that never closed.—
Joe Toscano,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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This week, The Denver Post will take an in-depth, position-by-position look at where the Avs stand, and what the near-term future looks like as this core group of players chases an elusive second championship.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
18 June 2026
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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
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Nobody travels to matches, paints their face, or organizes a game-day event purely for the final score of a single game.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
18 June 2026
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Worse, the message travels beyond the individual.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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“Hares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hares. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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