as in hurried
acting or done with excessive or careless speed
an overhasty reading of the recipe resulted in the omission of a critical ingredient
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Photography by Christopher Lee Every morning taquerias throughout San Antonio fill with construction workers, nurses in scrubs, college students, and hurried families, all finding salvation in an iconic staple: the breakfast taco.—
Edmund Tijerina,
Bon Appétit,
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Macron has taken a leading role in Europe's push to keep Trump from cutting a hurried deal to end the Ukraine war that legitimizes Vladimir Putin and rewards the Russian invasion.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Potential Impact On The Renewable Energy Sector A hasty reduction in corporate tax rates could derail the administration’s broader economic agenda by limiting investments in renewable energy, a sector pivotal to U.S. energy dominance.—
George Strobel,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Chicago taxpayers are once again being asked to shoulder the burden of an increase in debt and hasty decision-making.—
George Cardenas,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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The United States under the chaotic, impulsive leadership of President Donald Trump is abandoning its longstanding alliances with fellow democracies in favor of, at best, strategic ambivalence.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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These are not the actions of a responsible superpower, but rather the impulsive demands of a declining hegemon that has lost its way.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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Doses between 500 and 1,200 mg/day have caused diarrhea, headache, rash, and yellow stool in some people.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
14 Dec. 2024
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Symptoms of an allergic reaction may include skin rash, tingling mouth, swelling of the face, tongue or lips, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramping, coughing, dizziness, and swelling of the throat.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2024
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This is the Republican Party under Trump: shrugging off the well-being of Veterans while pushing reckless cuts.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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He was arrested on charges of disobeying the signal of an officer, failure to maintain lane, reckless driving, passing on the right, interfering with an officer and first-degree reckless endangerment.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2025
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America has already lost its global competitive edge in science, and funding cuts proposed in early 2025 may further a precipitous decline.—
Chris Impey,
The Conversation,
17 Feb. 2025
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Low-cost interventions that Chicago and other cities have added to select streets in the last two decades to make school routes safer for students to walk and bike to school have brought communities lasting benefits — and spurred a precipitous decline in injuries, experts say.—
Sarah Macaraeg,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
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Escaping a sudden, massive flood, a smart, mischievous black cat clambers aboard a boat shared by a dog, a capybara, and a lemur, as well as a long-legged secretary bird.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
2 Mar. 2025
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With a career in music that spanned the late ’70s through her sudden passing, Stone topped both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Adult R&B Airplay charts and was nominated for three Grammy Awards.—
Ashley Iasimone,
Billboard,
1 Mar. 2025
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The finale 45 seconds are a headlong rush of hectic imagery, including Anima pouring gas in a home as if to torch it as Abel gets more and more freaked out by the chaos around him.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
4 Feb. 2025
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That a hedge fund can revolutionize the AI world seemingly overnight highlights the importance of assuring the headlong rush forward includes behavioral expectations and guardrails.—
Tom Wheeler,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Overhasty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhasty. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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