scramble
verb (used without object)
to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
are scrambling
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present progressiveof scramble.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Companies of all sizes, for instance, are scrambling to adapt to the artificial-intelligence boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
He estimates that Anterix is trading as if the value of its spectrum were discounted by 30%, at a time when competing service providers are scrambling to build out new high-speed services.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Right now, software companies are scrambling to meet customer demand by ramping up compute and data-center capacity, so this is a fun moment for the semiconductor industry.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Padre Pepe's team are scrambling to help everyone submit their paperwork before the deadline.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
But desperate times call for desperate measures, and water managers are scrambling to keep the sky from completely falling.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
