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“It’s so intimidating to walk through here,” says an arena staffer as she scurries under the sight line of a video camera on a tall tripod.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

But despite this convincing show, Romy is merely faking it, a detail we learn moments later when she scurries off to the privacy of her office.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

After exchanging words with a curiously hostile waiter, the Collector scurries down a shadowy Chandleresque mean street before taking a fatal turn into a nightmarish alley.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024

In one video, a rat scurries across the cluttered room.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

And he scurries off to “the back,” an alleyway behind our row of buildings where the boys chase each other for hours and hours.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar