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State police are asking for help identifying a person who allegedly changes out their license plates and vehicles regularly while driving recklessly to New Milford each day.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026 -
Senior figures such as Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller moved quickly and recklessly to frame the incident in ideological terms that were not supported by the evidence.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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Make Impulse Purchases People with organized homes are mindful not to buy things impulsively, explains Kristen Ziegler, the founder of Minima in Richmond, Virginia.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
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At today's prices, gold investing isn't something retirees can afford to treat casually or impulsively.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Moreover, Elliott does not act impetuously in its activism.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
6 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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The others are hurriedly opening your food.—
Molly Aitken,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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His eyes strained to decipher the hurriedly ornate calligraphy, which often bled to the other side of the sheet, making the documents even harder to read.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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What began as an emergency measure cannot become a convenient default whenever there is snow on the ground or temperatures drop precipitously.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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New iterations and versions of AI systems have caused usage fees to fall precipitously, which the AVA team sees as a key advantage of AI tools given limited court budgets.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
3 Jan. 2026
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With Mercury going retrograde in this part of the sky on February 26, just don’t sign anything too rashly or hastily, because the potential for errors and misunderstandings is high right now.—
Steph Koyfman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Jan. 2026
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Both teachers’ absences — and the district’s handling of the fallout — have sparked a months-long uproar, with parents alleging the district acted rashly and with little transparency.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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But industry sources tell CNN that American oil executives are unlikely to dive headfirst into Venezuela for multiple reasons: The situation on the ground remains very uncertain, Venezuela’s oil industry is in shambles and Caracas has a history of seizing US oil assets.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 2026
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Dive headfirst into the cool Mediterranean Sea from Plage des Marinières and lunch by the water at Casa Soleia's private beach club.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Dec. 2025
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In October 1941 a 14-year-old Jewish boy named Yitzhak Rudashevski sat in a crowded hiding place in Vilna Poland, hastily writing in his diary.—
Dr. Michael Good,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
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Head coach Fabian Hurzeler needs his other main attacking players to pull their weight as well to prevent the season from petering out hastily.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Headily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headily. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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