as in hurried
to proceed or move quickly
everyone scurried back to work as soon as they had finished their lunch in the cafeteria
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Recent Examples of scurried
All three Mets runners scored as Baty scurried to third with a triple.
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
With Game 3 of the World Series underway at Dodger Stadium last October, a few folks scurried across a pedestrian bridge with LED lights and blue glow sticks.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
When Clark’s tooth went flying late in the game, members of the UCLA staff scurried around to try and find it.
—Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
The tooth went flying, and members of the UCLA staff scurried around to try to find it.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
The clatter of rising shutters echoed through the empty streets, the occasional rambler scurried past, along the walls, bundled tightly in his coat, women walked by with milk bottles tucked in shawls wrapped around their chests.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Tirado scurried to at least half a dozen bags before finding his and pulling out … pickle juice.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
The voles scurried away when the little nightingale tried to sing, though not out of cruelty.
—Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
Things also scurried in the branches above.
—Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
With Game 3 of the World Series underway at Dodger Stadium last October, a few folks scurried across a pedestrian bridge with LED lights and blue glow sticks.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
When Clark’s tooth went flying late in the game, members of the UCLA staff scurried around to try and find it.
—Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
The tooth went flying, and members of the UCLA staff scurried around to try to find it.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
The clatter of rising shutters echoed through the empty streets, the occasional rambler scurried past, along the walls, bundled tightly in his coat, women walked by with milk bottles tucked in shawls wrapped around their chests.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Tirado scurried to at least half a dozen bags before finding his and pulling out … pickle juice.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
The voles scurried away when the little nightingale tried to sing, though not out of cruelty.
—Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
Things also scurried in the branches above.
—Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scurried
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Some of us hurried to the NASA website to learn more about this frontierswoman, with the extravagant hair and the biceps of a steelworker, a photo of which also went viral.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2026
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The waterfall itself was surprisingly large and powerful, with its spray spotting cellphone screens as tourists hurried to take selfies in front of it, despite its fair distance from the pond's fence line.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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After sideswiping a tractor-trailer, Garrison would pull over while the spotter sped ahead to flag down the truck’s driver.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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In January, after Dhillon declined to investigate the shooting death of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, prosecutors in Minnesota quit in protest, and leaders in the Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section sped up their plans to retire.—
Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Emergency crews rushed to the Lincoln Village Apartments Wednesday night after a frantic 911 call reported a child had fallen out a window.—
Aaron Parseghian,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Lebanese Health Ministry said Israel struck three teams of paramedics Wednesday in southern Lebanon, first hitting one team and then two more that rushed to help.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As the image spread online, an ambulance raced to find them.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Alibaba has raced to expand its AI offerings amid intense competition in China, building on its flagship Qwen large language model and chatbot app.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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When Smith’s throw in the dirt squirted away from shortstop Miguel Rojas, the winning run trotted in from third base.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
8 Apr. 2026
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The gray wolf howled, trotted back and forth, and gradually worked closer and closer to the nervous but fascinated caribou.—
Frank Glaser,
Outdoor Life,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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During its 10-day excursion, the four-person crew traveled farther from Earth than any other humans — as well as witnessed a rare solar eclipse from deep space and observed a 600-mile-wide crater on the moon’s surface.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Koch and her fellow Artemis II crew members — NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen — traveled 694,481 miles, making their lunar flyby the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
13 Apr. 2026
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On this day, volunteers drove flowers to a senior living center, where the act of kindness overwhelmed resident Carmela Kemper.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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That experience drove me into public service.—
Christian Mitchell,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Even in the oil market, where prices jumped above $100 per barrel after ceasefire talks over the weekend failed to end the war, prices pared their leaps as Monday progressed.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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American crude and national Brent crude jumped above $100 on Monday.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Scurried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scurried. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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