Sentence examples for scrambling to retrieve a from inspiring English sources

They hijack another couple's table, and then are mistaken for that other couple by a pair of bad guys (Jimmi Simpson and Common) who work for other bad guys, all of them scrambling to retrieve a flash drive with some sensitive information on it.

But it was a simple flick of the wrist from Mr. Berger that ended Mr. Goldberg's bid for ping-pong glory as he scrambled to retrieve a well-placed drop shot.

As a player, however, he knew his limitations — he was a third baseman who would "stand there as balls ricocheted off my chest and arms, scrambling to retrieve them in time for a desperate heave to first".

He'd lurched almost into the path of a BMW while scrambling to retrieve the warbling cell from his jeans pocket.

Leonard Bernstein came through, a superstar with a rabid following; Mr. Lockwood recalls people scrambling to retrieve his discarded cigarette butts.

That left EA - along with all Nirvanix's other customers - scrambling to retrieve its cloud data and move it to another cloud before the Nirvanix storage was switched off for good.

The problem, as John Cochrane points out, but Jimmy Stewart made real in "It's a Wonderful Life", is "runs" - the stampede for the exit that occurs as investors scramble to retrieve their money before it vanishes.Runs are a pathology of specific contracts, such as deposits and overnight debt, issued by specific kinds of intermediaries.

He threw a few, and the children scrambled to retrieve them.

Carp bolted for home, but Stewart scrambled to retrieve the ball, and in one motion turned and fired a perfect throw to Kuroda, who tagged Carp to end the inning.

Reporters shrieked and jumped on tables as handler, Alex Williams, scrambled to retrieve the runaway.

Noah scrambled to retrieve the ball, diving on the floor to save it from going out of bounds.