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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of scurry.

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Examples

  • It's been like a runaway train,'' says Worcester's Dom, whose band of the same name scurried around Austin for nine gigs in four days.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • I sat for one moment on the Termination Rock, and then followed my guide back to my companions, when together we once more "scurried" into day.

    Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. Tyrone Power 1818

  • The evidence she’d gathered at the beach had already arrived, delivered by a young tech who’d sheepishly entered the den of the legendary Lincoln Rhyme without a word and scurried about to deposit the bags and stacks of pictures as the criminalist gruffly directed.

    The Stone Monkey Jeffery Deaver 2002

  • The evidence she’d gathered at the beach had already arrived, delivered by a young tech who’d sheepishly entered the den of the legendary Lincoln Rhyme without a word and scurried about to deposit the bags and stacks of pictures as the criminalist gruffly directed.

    The Stone Monkey Jeffery Deaver 2002

  • The evidence she’d gathered at the beach had already arrived, delivered by a young tech who’d sheepishly entered the den of the legendary Lincoln Rhyme without a word and scurried about to deposit the bags and stacks of pictures as the criminalist gruffly directed.

    The Stone Monkey Jeffery Deaver 2002

  • The evidence she’d gathered at the beach had already arrived, delivered by a young tech who’d sheepishly entered the den of the legendary Lincoln Rhyme without a word and scurried about to deposit the bags and stacks of pictures as the criminalist gruffly directed.

    A Lincoln Rhyme eBook Boxed Set Jeffery Deaver 2001

  • "They kind of scurried because they were scared," Emiddio said, adding that there wasn't an ugly duckling among them.

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  • "They kind of scurried because they were scared," Emiddio said, adding that there wasn't an ugly duckling among them.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • They scurried around in the brush and altogether set the entire forest to swinging and swaying like it was the end of the world.

    Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011

  • Employees at Shake Shack's flagship location in Madison Square Park were so swamped they scurried to other New York outlets to track down extra cups.

    A Lifelong Taste for Horse Racing Ben Cohen 2011

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