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The station staff, accustomed to handling more than 100,000 passengers a day, have busied themselves taking care of the fewer than 50 who remain.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2020

"In total, more than 100 legal procedures, over 900 prosecutors have busied themselves with me and with my company."

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2012

That has captivated fans of Terry’s Chelsea club, while Manchester United fans have busied themselves with a colorful protest of the team’s American owner, Malcolm Glazer.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2010

For five years, Maddox, 43, and Mason, 42, have busied themselves in New York cases with controversial racial implications.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, as a rule, these reviews have busied themselves with more or less serious subjects, and have encouraged signed publication.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George