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But they will be hurrying back to New York City; the following Saturday afternoon, Jay Rosenstein and Tanya Drake will be married.

From Time Magazine Archive

We decide to go that evening, in the twilight before dark, when most people will be hurrying to their homes and the nurses are in their bedroom.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

"We will sail at once, and while they wait for us to be betrayed into their hands at the north, we shall be landing in the south, and thousands will be hurrying to our standard."

From The King's Jackal by Davis, Richard Harding

When they get strong enough to invade the Orange Free State and take Bloemfontein, and march north, the Boers here will be hurrying away to defend their homes.

From With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

What are many men who will be hurrying on to the Manchester Exchange on Tuesday?

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander