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Meanings of scurry around in English

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Usage of scurry around in English
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All he did was scurry around making excuses and covering things up.
The Heiresses
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Chaos Monkey is designed to scurry around AWS and start turning off virtual machines.
Wired
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The clouds were beginning to scurry around them now, showing that the wind was arriving.
The Airplane Boys among the Clouds; Or, Young Aviators in a Wrec...
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Little crabs scurry around near the waterline, popping in and out of holes like gophers.
Climbing Magazine
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Seven children scurry around; their smiling, freshly washed faces and wet hair say it all.
The Irish Times
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Sitting around waiting, smelling antiseptic, watching people in white scurry around behind glass partitions, bothered him.
Running scared
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You sit here and I'll scurry around.
The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians; Or, Trailing the Yaquis
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Traffic groans on newly paved streets and labourers scurry around building sites in the Chechen capital Grozny.
Reuters
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He didn't just scurry around trying to get the attention of important people in front of the cameras.
The Irish Times
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Will it scurry around its flaming web, looking for a way to escape, or will it just burn?
End of Watch
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Then we would scurry around for dry, light, quick wood-piecesof old boxes and boards, and dry limbs.
Our Friend John Burroughs
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The good Patron here offers the entire Universe; you scurry around, arranging the deaths of people you've never met.
Super Man and the Bug Out
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Now watch them scurry around.
The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership
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Australia's Pleistocene marsupials were closely related to the pouched, fluffy creatures that still hop and scurry around the outback today.
BBC
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He wasn't around, making you jump every time he came into the room and scurry around to do his bidding.
On mystic lake
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As a result of this quiet country attitude I decided not to scurry around sticking my lens in peoples faces.
Reuters
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