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Meanings of rushing in English

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Process of weaving rushes or similar materials into resilient seats for chairs.

        Related terms
        Portuguese
        precipitação
        Catalan
        urgència
        Spanish
        prisa

        The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner.

              precipitação
              Usage of rushing in English
              1
              Adele felt as fluid as a sea, a warm sea rushing in.
              Transgression: a novel of love and war
              2
              In time the rushing waters would carry his body out to sea.
              Servant of a dark god
              3
              He said: I saw a river of people rushing down the hill.
              News.com.au
              4
              That goes for helping Green Bay's recently ineffective rushing attack as well.
              Reuters
              5
              Somewhere behind her, she heard running feet; several pairs, rushing towards her.
              Complete Books of Blood
              6
              Rescuers pulled people to safety from cars stranded in waist-high rushing water.
              Reuters
              7
              Backers of the moratorium warned against rushing to issue new drilling permits.
              Reuters
              8
              Researchers, however, caution against rushing out to get genetic testing in families.
              Ebony
              9
              Employers are rushing to comply with the new rules to avoid fines.
              The Guardian
              10
              By then, government soldiers were firing on anyone rushing to the scene.
              Reuters
              11
              It was Saturday; people were not rushing off to school or work.
              Huck: the remarkable true story of how one lost puppy taught a f...
              12
              I am slightly concerned that they are rushing into things, he said.
              BBC
              13
              Bianca Begovich says the Government is rushing needlessly ahead with the expressway.
              Radio NZ
              14
              Then, of course, Nelly came rushing over here to tell us off.
              The ice princess
              15
              People kept rushing into the store threatening prosecution for cruelty to animals.
              The new yorker
              16
              The noise of rushing water beneath the house had grown in intensity.
              The water room
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              Portuguese
              precipitação
              Rushing through the time
              Rushing across language varieties
              Canada
              Common
              United States of America
              Common
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              Common
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