as in to scurry
to proceed or move quickly
mice scuttling across the barn floor to escape the cats
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Recent Examples of scuttle
Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
While oil and gas companies will still face hurdles erected by green activists — and may be reluctant to ramp up investment due to fear that a future Democratic administration might scuttle their plans — Trump’s moves are a step toward a more rational American energy policy.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Between the curb and façade, a familiar sidewalk scuttle defined the scene as an NYC film shoot.
—Brett Berk, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
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Verb
The better, more-daring version of Get Hard would scuttle political correctness, gay panic, and outmoded ideas about what constitutes masculinity.
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California is prepared to offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump administration scuttles the federal EV tax credit, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for scuttle
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Rats scurry across the halls, smuggled in inadvertently between the folds of a homeless man’s clothes.—
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Runner, sprinter, bolter, scarper, scurrying 'fighter'.—
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The second report, released in December by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, caused a stir in the research and temperance communities.—
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Believe us, Ashlee Simpson’s lip-sync disaster caused quite a stir at the time.—
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Georginio Rutter hurried back from hernia surgery to start.—
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These deals won't be around forever, so hurry up and add these to your cart!—
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An Iranian flag flutters on board the Adrian Darya oil tanker, formerly known as Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar on Aug. 18, 2019.—
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In all presentations, spoons will flash, dart, wobble, flutter, and trigger strikes from huge pike.—
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As gunshots rained down and throngs of terrified parade-goers ran in all directions, Dr. David Baum rushed to render aid.—
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Harris has four straight years of 17 starts and 1,000 rushing yards to open his career.—
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Set in the fictional White Lotus locale in Koh Samui, Thailand, a group of disparate American travelers attempt to find solace — or escape — in a lux wellness retreat removed from technology and the bustle of their daily lives.—
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Amid the hustle and bustle of starring on the longest-running primetime medical drama in history, hosting a podcast and raising two children, Camilla Luddington knows the importance of finding love in the little moments.—
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Listen to this article A New Jersey man flying from Miami to Newark has been arrested for threatening flight attendants with violence, harassing other passengers and yelling racist slurs while banging on the cockpit door and demanding to see the pilot, federal prosecutors announced Monday.—
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The demonstrator flew 10 more subsonic flights, then went supersonic for the first time on Jan. 28 of this year.—
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There was a scramble in the trade looking for guidance.—
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If the conference adds more schools — Notre Dame is coveted; so is North Carolina — the SEC will undoubtedly do the same, thus sparking desperate scrambles within the ACC and Big 12 to secure invitations to the two most prestigious conferences.—
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“Scuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scuttle. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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