mad rush

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1. A wild hurry, as in I was in a mad rush to get to the bank on time to cash my check, or Why the mad rush? We have lots of time before the concert starts. The use of in a rush for “being in a hurry” dates from the second half of the 1800s, and mad, for “frenzied,” serves merely as an intensifier.

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mad rush

What’s more, the mad rush by businesses to invest in AI has turbocharged economic growth and further contributed to record stock gains.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

The release of OpenClaw—a platform that allows users to create virtual personal assistants that can do tasks in the real world—gave a glimpse of the mad rush for agentic AI computing power to come.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

As you can see, there's a bit of a mad rush as photographers swoop in to take his picture.

From BBC ● May 30, 2024

The three women behind the counter taking orders for popcorn, soda, nachos and hot dogs were all volunteers, trying to keep up with the mad rush to ease Kim’s workload.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2023

Everything had been such a mad rush since the Berg had arrived that it registered only now: Darnell was probably dead.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner