as in hurried
acting or done with excessive or careless speed
the administrator's schedule left her with no time to make more than a drive-by assessment of the situation
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Recent Examples of drive-by
Months prior to Biggie Smalls' death, West Coast rapper and frequent musical foe Tupac Shakur died in a drive-by shooting in 1996; both shooting deaths remain unsolved.
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Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article A 30-year-old man was left in critical condition after a drive-by shooting Tuesday morning on the West Side in the Austin neighborhood, Chicago police said.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Three people, including a 6-month-old baby, were hospitalized after a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, authorities said.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
During drive-by shootings, neighbors wedge themselves between sofas.
—Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article A 30-year-old man was left in critical condition after a drive-by shooting Tuesday morning on the West Side in the Austin neighborhood, Chicago police said.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Three people, including a 6-month-old baby, were hospitalized after a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, authorities said.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
During drive-by shootings, neighbors wedge themselves between sofas.
—Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drive-by
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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,
27 Feb. 2025
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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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Speaking at the White House last week, Mr. Musk asserted without providing evidence that a cursory examination of the Social Security Administration found that people listed in its systems as being 150 years old were receiving benefits.—
Alan Rappeport,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Since 2001, the net effect of the state-building mission in Afghanistan has been the emergence of a strong Afghan army and a weak Afghan state, creating an imbalance that should worry anyone with a cursory knowledge of history or political theory.—
Paul D. Miller,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Apr. 2014
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Vasculitis rash: Vasculitis is a condition that causes blood vessels underneath the skin to swell.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
6 Mar. 2025
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Across the board, a measles rash also tends to give skin a pebbly or sandpapery texture as the spots multiply and get more consolidated, Dr. Lovins says.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
28 Feb. 2025
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Financial preparedness gives you the freedom to make informed choices, not just impulsive ones.—
Marc Shaffer,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2025
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Now Donald Trump, in his impulsive and narcissistic approach to the nation's foreign policy, threatens to pull the rug out and let Putin win after all.—
Bradley Gitz,
arkansasonline.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Such hasty efforts at downsizing consistently failed, Drucker warned, even in the private sector.—
Jacob Bruggeman & Casey Eilbert / Made by History,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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As major food and beverage conglomerates are beating a hasty retreat from their previous ESG, sustainability and DEI commitments, The Purpose Pledge is pointing a new way forward.—
Errol Schweizer,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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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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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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But not everyone in Hezbollah’s orbit was so quick to brush off their losses.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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While the sheer number of krill in the Southern Ocean means the species is unlikely to face an acute threat to its survival in the near term, Savoca is quick to point out that numbers are no guarantee of success.—
Gabe Castro-Root,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Mar. 2025
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