Sentence examples for scrambled to close from inspiring English sources

It continued to snap up options on more shares, until the size of its holding became clear and many hedge funds that had been short-selling Volkswagen – lending out shares before buying them back – scrambled to close their positions.

Protesters stormed a Wal-Mart at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, pushing their way through as guards scrambled to close security gates.

Protesters also stormed a Wal-Mart in the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles, pushing their way through as guards scrambled to close security gates.

Protesters stormed a Wal-Mart at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, pushing their way through as guards scrambled to close security gates.

Many people in private aviation businesses said they were scrambling to close security gaps.

Mrs. Messina is hurting, and so is New York, as city officials scramble to close a $3.8 billion budget gap.

But after Mr. Perry's re-election, reality intruded — funny how that happens — and the state is now scrambling to close a huge budget gap.

After scrambling to close deficits that totaled $113 billion in fiscal 2009, the conference reported, lawmakers faced a staggering shortfall of $143 billion for 2010.

Most toll cheats have gone unpunished by New Jersey's E-ZPass system since July, but the State Department of Transportation is scrambling to close their window of opportunity.

And so, the hospital finds itself scrambling to close a $53 million budget gap from 2002, nearly 10percentt of its operating revenues.

Still, signings are 5 percent lower than November 2009 when buyers were scrambling to close purchases to qualify for the first federal tax credit; 2010 is shaping up to be the worst for home sales since 1997.