as in hurried
acting or done with excessive or careless speed
the administrator's schedule left her with no time to make more than a drive-by assessment of the situation
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Recent Examples of drive-by
Both men had been charged with the deadly drive-by shooting of Donovan Thomas Jr. outside a barber shop on Jan. 10, 2015.
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
On her 100th birthday in 2020, her friends and family as well as many people from the community of High Point organized a drive-by birthday parade for her.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 30 Nov. 2024
According to police reports, Jaimes-Hernandez was involved in a drive-by shooting at a neighbor's house before the killings.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Cooper, though, was timing his steps to be able to contest a drive-by Erving.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
On her 100th birthday in 2020, her friends and family as well as many people from the community of High Point organized a drive-by birthday parade for her.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 30 Nov. 2024
According to police reports, Jaimes-Hernandez was involved in a drive-by shooting at a neighbor's house before the killings.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Cooper, though, was timing his steps to be able to contest a drive-by Erving.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drive-by
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The holiday season can be a hurried, slightly stressful time as the countdown to Christmas morning begins.Rai Mincey, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Briskly paced, de Jonge’s movie covers a lot of ground both tonal and geographic without ever seeming hurried, conspicuously touristic or heavy-handed in its mix of humor and pathos.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
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Taylor Swift's generosity also deserves admiration Swift’s altruism is frequently tagged as a reason for respect and admiration, even from those with a cursory interest in her.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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The preamble Everything seems perfectly normal at a cursory first glance.Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 May 2024
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The ultimate guide to earning passive income online The early success gave Vaccarella the courage to try something more rash in 2012: putting all her cash, including her kids’ college savings, into ordering more than 1,000 bags.Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
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And the sensor adhesive on my unit also left a bad skin rash on my chest.Scott Kramer, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Does the child make impulsive decisions that might be regretted later?Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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One league source wouldn’t put the Bears anywhere near the same level of deterrence as the New York Jets, whose owner, Woody Johnson, has a reputation for being impulsive and volatile.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024
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Still, Ocasio-Cortez cast doubt on any pundit peddling a hasty grand theory of the electorate.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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The Happy Days and Married … With Children actor has been questionably associated with shows jumping the shark and inaccurately described as a show killer, as if his addition to a series’ roster represented or even led to a hastier demise.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
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He was originally charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, and three counts of felony reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, but his charges were reduced to misdemeanors during a hearing on Tuesday. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING?Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
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The original charges — three felony counts of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon and one misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct — were pled down this week.Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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If travel is absolutely necessary, drive with extreme caution and be prepared for sudden changes in visibility.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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At the time, Variety reported the sudden move was likely a way for Warner Bros. Discovery to cut streaming-content costs.Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Short books to read to meet your reading goal Need a short book to cap off your 2024 reading or a quick, immersive read to get you out of a reading slump?Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Amidst it all, Paris Hilton, the ultimate Duracell bunny, took a quick break to join Pretty Little Liars star Ashley Benson and her actor husband Brandon Jack James for a tête-à-tête on a sofa.Freya Drohan, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Drive-by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drive-by. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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