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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Yet, the company announced capital investments would increase by $10 billion this year, a common theme as tech companies race to scale AI infrastructure.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
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The trial would address 23XI and Front Row’s contention that NASCAR uses monopoly power to suppress competition in its procurement of services provided by racing teams.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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In the footage, the children could be seen hurrying off the bus and onto the woman’s porch as the smoke grew.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Then, Olivia scurried off into an enclave off the side stage as Dylan and Daniella punched up into a high-octane, athletic routine.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Two small children scurried out behind her.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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Willmore has opened up about his status as HIV-positive, and he's documented his experience rushing a fraternity as an openly gay college student.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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However, companies that rush to discipline employees in such cases risk missing the bigger issue.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Many labs today are using AI to speed up the drug discovery process, and make more bets.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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Aligning with the global trend To help speed up deployment and reduce upfront capital risk for its customers, Honeywell offers the Biocrude Upgrading technology as prefabricated modular plants.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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Palace’s super-strength is low crosses provided by flying wing-backs, when they can be released, running into space on the edge of the box.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The fabrics utilize the same aerodynamic principles as a golf ball, whose dimpled surface causes a ball to fly further by using turbulence to reduce drag.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Oct. 2025
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In an August 2017 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Ellen described her role as a baseball wife as being the family's accountant, traveling secretary and real estate agent.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Apa's character, Archie Andrews, was attacked by a bear after escaping from an underground prison fight club; Reinhart's Betty discovered her father was a serial killer and saved her sister from a cult; and Mendes traveled back in time to invent birth control.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Two people could be seen climbing the stairs, accompanied by a confident cat trotting ahead, as if leading them somewhere on purpose.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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This is how Rauw’s globe-trotting tour came together.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Hotfoot (it).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotfoot%20%28it%29. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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