busyness
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Siad compared his recruiting efforts to fishing: “In This busyness I feel like fisherman some time I cache quick , some time no fish.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
When he gets runs, he is praised for being busy, but that busyness can become frenetic, especially at the start of his innings.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024
Yet in the opaque world of the royal family, the busyness of a monarch’s calendar is often the best clue to his well-being.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2024
The problem lies in our society’s continued glorification of busyness and normalization of sleep deprivation.
From Salon • Jan. 27, 2024
The feeling of busyness was profoundly satisfying; I hadn’t thought at all about my plight or myself.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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