as in to race
to proceed or move quickly
you'd better hotfoot it to the bus stop if you're going to catch the bus
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The Dodgers then came back to tie it in the eighth when Ohtani lined a ball off the center-field fence for a double and then raced to third when Gleyber Torres mishandled the relay.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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SailGP is a global championship with national teams battling it out in identical high-tech, high-speed 50-foot foiling catamarans at venues around the world, racing at speeds approaching 60 miles per hour.Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Ariel remembered telling Maricela to hurry and then feeling a whoosh and hearing a thump behind him.Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
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Though Trump’s claim was categorically false, his supporters hurried to what was then called TCF Convention Center in downtown Detroit, where 170,000 mail ballots were being counted.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Children across the country will be scurrying door-to-door on Thursday, dressed in costumes and hunting vigorously for that house giving out full-size candy bars.BYChris Morris, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
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And the wind walks through the dry pines beyond, scurrying over the cemetery sand, past the leaning stones, the names of the pilots.Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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The redshirt freshman completed 11 of 14 passes for 207 yards and 1 touchdown, and rushed 5 times for 57 yards and 1 touchdown when adjusted for sacks.Matt Jones, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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The water came rushing down the rivers and tributaries towards the Mediterranean Sea, picking up cars and destroying bridges along the way.Atika Shubert, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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The roar of engines, the blur of cars speeding by, the palpable tension in the air — these are the hallmarks of motorsport that have captivated audiences for decades.Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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Yellowbird-Stevens said one issue the next president could assist with involves the Oneida Nation and speeding up the process of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Tribal Transportation Self-Governance Program.Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
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Anne Henry, 36, flew in from Orlando with two friends for less than 24 hours to try for tickets knowing that not attending the concert was a real possibility.Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Nov. 2024
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In Mexicali, another group uses a drone to fly over areas and detect changes in the terrain.Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
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His father traveled to Los Angeles when Judge was a child, so Judge decided to be a Dodger fan.Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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However, when the two teams travel to the Bronx for the first time on Monday, Game 3 is being forecasted as the most expensive in World Series history, with average prices hovering at $2,000 on the secondary market.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
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That was why the warriors Spotted Tail, Long Chin and Red Leaf trotted on their horses into Fort Laramie a few weeks later.Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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On the private tour, guests will go behind closed doors and explore the tunnels of the London Underground that Paddington famously trotted in.Nicola Butler, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2024
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