as in hurries
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 scurries
The older dog is shown marching along, while the puppy scurries along, attempting to match its pace.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
In some versions of the tale, the wolf scurries off to the forest while the three pigs live happily ever after in humble homesteads of their choice.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
By now, though, her face falls completely off and scurries away.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 6 Aug. 2025
Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
In some versions of the tale, the wolf scurries off to the forest while the three pigs live happily ever after in humble homesteads of their choice.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
By now, though, her face falls completely off and scurries away.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scurries
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The 32 basket and gourd artworks by 14 artists are made from nature, out of materials ranging from willow, grasses and yucca to rushes.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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The festival director rushes back and forth, talking on the phone.—
Sara Stridsberg
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Wherever this car travels, people double-take and triple-take.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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After a pause, the composition takes on a searching quality, as the melody travels from one instrument to the next, including a compelling viola solo performed by principal viola Maiya Papach, eventually fading out to nothing, leaving the audience suspended in uneasy quiet.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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The current mission is known as NG-23, because it was supposed to be the 23rd cargo effort that Northrop Grumman flies to the ISS for NASA.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Frozen yogurt business pays tribute to Charlie Kirk as product flies 'off the shelves'.—
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FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In Chaos One of the hardest instincts to train is staying calm when everything speeds up.—
Aslak de Silva,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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With five blades sandwiched between two moisturizing bars, this razor speeds up the entire process (no fussing around with shaving cream), nourishing dry skin and making nicks a rare occurrence.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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And as the country races toward an election, politics and contemporary issues will also be front and center.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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As the world races to decarbonize, clean energy storage is becoming the central challenge.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Cherry, freed from police custody, shows up at the house, and Laura chases her up and down the stairs with a knife.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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For example, much of the industry chases bragging rights on public benchmarks, which rank models on tasks like math or logic puzzles.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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When your cards are maxed out, your ratio jumps up to 100% causing your score to plummet.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Tierney, though, thinks the result could reflect mechanisms unknown from recent Earth history that can drive extreme temperature jumps.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Travelers plug in their dates and destinations, and owners of more than 2,000 aircraft bid for the business in real time, creating a competitive environment that drives down costs.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Sep. 2025
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Create a review system that forces brutal honesty and drives real change.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Scurries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scurries. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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