Example Sentences

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Even index-fund providers are scurrying to change their rules so they can stuff hot IPOs into indexes as fast as possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“But fear exists. People are scurrying into stores and banks in fear of what’s to come.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2022

Fans and players alike are scurrying around with phones in hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2021

Two growing kinds of unwanted information — mis and dis — are scurrying around unchecked.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021

Already they have reached the rearmost of the rioting groups and, with warning cries and imprecations, these are scurrying to either side and falling into the hands of the accompanying police.

From Foes in Ambush by King, Charles