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At first, the mad dash for players was met with surprise, then derision, anger, and bemusement.
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
In the past two decades, every instance of economic and financial turmoil resulted in a mad dash by investors around the world for safe financial assets in which to park their money while the storm blew over.
—Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2025
Indeed, in his mad dash to cut the ribbon on the Second Ave. subway, systemwide subway delays quadrupled from 2012 to 2018.
—Betsy Plum, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025
That set off a mad dash for Hyppolite, who visited with a number of teams suddenly interested at a pretty late stage in the process.
—Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
In the past two decades, every instance of economic and financial turmoil resulted in a mad dash by investors around the world for safe financial assets in which to park their money while the storm blew over.
—Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2025
Indeed, in his mad dash to cut the ribbon on the Second Ave. subway, systemwide subway delays quadrupled from 2012 to 2018.
—Betsy Plum, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025
That set off a mad dash for Hyppolite, who visited with a number of teams suddenly interested at a pretty late stage in the process.
—Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
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“Mad dash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mad%20dash. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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