Sentence examples for scrambling this from inspiring English sources

The big retailers are all scrambling this Christmas to come up with Twitter plans.

UNITED NATIONS — For the second time this month, Russia moved to expand its political and military influence in the Syria conflict and left the United States scrambling, this time by reaching an understanding, announced on Sunday, with Iraq, Syria and Iran to share intelligence about the Islamic State.

"That's why we're all scrambling this month to try to keep our yields where they have been," Mr. Clagett added.

McFall was particularly furious the job cuts had been leaked, leaving the bank scrambling this morning to inform staff of the plan drawn up by Helen Weir, who is responsible for retail banking.

The substance of what was said was not described in the brief account given by the State Department spokesman, Richard Boucher, who was scrambling this morning to find out details of what went on.

Boehner delayed a vote last night and has been scrambling this morning to get something past the Tea Partiers that won't get past anyone else — the Senate, the President, the markets — not least because it involves doing this whole thing again in a few months, which nobody wants.

Analysts scrambled this afternoon to assess the impact the ruling could have on El Paso.

The late entrance of 2014 and 2016 nominee Michael Eggman has scrambled this race a bit.

The Chinese government has scrambled this month to come up with novel ways to allay investors' concerns, most notably by devaluing its currency, the yuan.

That realization left De Leon and his coaches scrambling this summer to expedite his citizenship application, a process that normally can take about eight months.

The grandly named Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, for example, where Dr. Hodges is chief of staff, is scrambling this spring to install a new electronic medical records system.