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• n  (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
• n  the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
• v  move fast
• v  attack suddenly
• v  urge to an unnatural speed
• v  act or move at high speed
• v  run with the ball, in football
• v  cause to move fast or to rush or race
• v  cause to occur rapidly

• Russia's box score in her eight weeks' game of aggression: gained by kicking: one (Poland); gained by rushing: three (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia); fumbles: one (Turkey); lost on .
• Amid Vietnam's boom, investors are rushing to load up on stocks s Friday night, and the back-alley Hanoi Internet caf is buzzing with video-game warriors noisily slaying dragons .
• There he led the Canadian Football League in rushing but failed to awe the Winnipeg police.

• rush
• haste
• hurry
• hotfoot
• hasten
• hie
• speed
• race
• pelt along
• rush along
• cannonball along
• bucket along
• belt along
• step on it
• look sharp
• festinate
• induce
• stimulate

• linger
• delay

News & Articles

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• Bulgaria to replace new security chief after public backlash
  SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's Socialist-led government said on Saturday it would reverse its appointment of a powerful media figure as head of state security just a day after rushing it through parliament, bowing to public outrage two weeks after taking power. About 8,000 people rallied in downtown Sofia for a second day, chanting "Mafia!" and "Resignation!". Legislators from the ruling ...
  June 15, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Boulder Creek hosts 'Global Water Dance' event
  The drums' rhythm vibrated like a heartbeat over the rushing waters of Boulder Creek. Eight women wrapped in exotic cloth and jewelry stood in the focal point of the small stone amphitheater as spectators and passers-by watched their dance begin to unfold.
  June 15, 2013 - Boulder Daily Camera
• Gordon Rushing
  Gordon Rushing was born December 9, 1922, in Batesville, AR. He passed away June 6, 2013. Gordon left behind his loving wife, Myrtle; their four children, Dennis Rushing of Wenatchee, Barbara Zellar of Chelan, Eddie Rushing of Spokane, and Carmen Denton of Tennessee; three grandsons and two granddaughters; and one great-grandchild.
  June 11, 2013 - The Wenatchee World

Quotes

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• Sarah Palin in ABC News
  In a column titled "Statement on the Current Health Care Debate," Palin wrote that as "Americans delve into the disturbing details of the nationalized health care plan that the current administration is rushing through Congress, our...
• Barney Frank in International Herald Tribune
  We were the EMTs rushing to the rescue of an economy that suddenly found itself choking, but now we have to perform more serious reform,Frank said.
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in International Herald Tribune
  In my view, rushing to war - we should not be doing that - but we shouldn't be doing nothing,Clinton said. "And that means we should not let them acquire nuclear weapons, and the best way to prevent that is a full court press on the...