as in to hurry
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 scurry
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
This happens just as everyone’s scurrying about preparing for sis Poppy (Emma Laird) to wed an annoying drip of a cousin (Tom Felton).
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Has Clooney ever seemed that good at sprinting or darting or dashing or scurrying?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
This happens just as everyone’s scurrying about preparing for sis Poppy (Emma Laird) to wed an annoying drip of a cousin (Tom Felton).
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Noun
Now under a hiatus from regulatory scrutiny, Bytedance has continued to ship a scurry of AI apps ranging from an AI coding tool to image and music generators, Forbes reported.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scurry
Verb
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Rafiq thanked the shopkeeper and hurried out of the bazaar’s maze-like structure to find his car.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Caracas, Venezuela — The morning after US forces bombed Caracas, dragged President Nicolás Maduro out of bed, carted him over the Caribbean and installed him in a Brooklyn jail, many Venezuelans hurried to the grocery store.—
Mary Triny Mena,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 2026
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Obamacare premium spikes scuttle Arizona woman's plan Since she was diagnosed with diabetes in her 20s, Smith has prioritized affordable and robust health insurance.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
13 Dec. 2025
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Discovery scuttles any long-term projections about MLB’s cable future, but TBS will continue televising national games through the end of its current deal.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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First responders in Atlanta rushed to an airport runway Tuesday after an aircraft experienced a harrowing landing failure, with all eight of its landing tires bursting the moment the plane touched down, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Lopez rushed her back to the emergency room, where an MRI revealed a diagnosis of transverse myelitis, a rare inflammatory disorder affecting the spinal cord.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Hustle and bustle have long been synonymous with trips downtown.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
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Gotham Burger Social Club (GBSC) has a small-town-diner feel that blends seamlessly into the hustle and bustle of NYC, exemplified by its always-busy atmosphere.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The new system could replace the Stinger missile, which can engage low-flying aircraft such as helicopters, jets during takeoff or landing, and some drones.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
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With that possibility in mind, NASA and Roscosmos, the Russian federal space agency, agreed to fly one NASA astronaut aboard each Soyuz and one Russian cosmonaut aboard each Crew Dragon.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Clarke, whose splits and underlying numbers were dominant again, set up Fiala for two shot attempts, the second of which generated a rebound and created a scramble.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement Meantime, other players—some very big—are likely to join the data storage and processing scramble.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The Clippers raced to a 14-5 lead, but the Knicks answered with eight straight points and the game was close for the first three quarters.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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In Altadena, employees with the small local water utilities raced across town protecting and fixing the water systems firefighters relied on.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Season 3 also welcomes newcomers Iris Apatow and Costa D'Angelo, who are sure to give the pot a fresh stir.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Jan. 2026
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While Powell’s mullet certainly caused quite the stir online, Birns believes Storrie’s curly version will top 2026 trends.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Scurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scurry. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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