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The phrase "a scramble to save" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a frantic or hurried effort to preserve something, often in a time-sensitive situation.
Example: "In the final minutes of the game, it became a scramble to save their lead against the opposing team."
Alternatives: "a rush to preserve" or "a dash to rescue".
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A report in The Staten Island Advance on Jan . 4set off a scramble to save the house.
Roughly $630 million in assets remains unaccounted for, and regulators are examining whether the firm used the money to plug holes in a scramble to save itself.
But what looked like a chance to talk up new programs is fast becoming a scramble to save the old ones.
The big broadcast television networks are in a "scramble to save" the fourth quarter, the trade publication Mediaweek reported last week, trying to avoid steep cuts in commercial prices.
A scramble to save the project ensued, resulting in the Edinburgh Agreement, which granted Denmark four exceptions to the treaty, including on adopting the euro.
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Reprieve, which is based in Britain, is seeking to coordinate international efforts in a three-day scramble to save Hussain's life.
IT looks as if we may get through this weekend without another scramble to save a troubled financial firm with a trillion-dollar balance sheet.
At the par-5, No. 13 in the morning, Woods tried to reach the green in two shots but plopped his second shot into a pond and had to scramble to save par.
Both David Cameron and Ed Miliband have dropped engagements in England this week for a last-minute dash to Scotland as they scramble to save the union.
It is a situation repeated across the UK, as banks scramble to save costs to bolster profits just as historic low interest rates are punishing their profitability and customers migrate to smartphones and the internet to access their accounts.
That eruption saw desperate locals scramble to save the town of Zafferana.
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