How to Use scramble in a Sentence
- He scrambled up the ramp.
- Both players scrambled for the ball.
- We scrambled over the boulders and kept climbing up the mountain.
- It started to rain, and we all scrambled for cover.
- I'll scramble some eggs for breakfast.
- News of the factory closing found workers scrambling to find jobs.
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Food banks may be scrambling to do that.
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Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Great catch, great throw, scrambling.
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Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
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Snider had to scramble to put on his race suit and get in the car.
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Jim Vertuno,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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It can be baked, air-fried, grilled, scrambled, or stir-fried.
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Olivia Tarantino,
Martha Stewart,
28 Apr. 2026
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But line dances got danced, liquor got drunk, and the run of show got scrambled.
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Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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One guest lost a shoe while scrambling for cover.
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Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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No more scrambling to jot down every point.
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Staff,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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People were scrambling just to find a dozen.
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Scott Horsley,
NPR,
13 Mar. 2026
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That means women could be left scrambling for some time.
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Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
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Our colleagues were part of that scramble.
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Matt Viser,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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Smith is more of a drop-back passer, who can scramble, too.
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Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
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Can’t choose between fried or scrambled eggs?
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Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Apr. 2026
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There are so many ways to prepare them, from scrambled, poached, baked, or fried.
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Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
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That may force Young to scramble often.
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Jacob Camenker,
USA Today,
21 Sep. 2025
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Authors scrambled to check to see if their works were in the databases.
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Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
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Star jasmine can trail as a ground cover or scramble up a chain link fence.
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Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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The teachers scrambled to figure out what to do.
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Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
7 Oct. 2025
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The note and the outage sent schools and colleges scrambling.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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That sent them off again, scrambling to Rosenfeld’s.
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Allegra Goodman,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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Video from the scene showed people on the beach scrambling after the shots rang out.
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City News Service,
Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Now, some of the biggest names in tech and retail are scrambling to catch up.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Was there a licensing scramble to clear that song?
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Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2026
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Banks have been scrambling to calculate how the war — and prices — may evolve.
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The Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Funke capped the drive, scrambling loose for a 13-yard touchdown run.
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Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
- There was a mad scramble to fill vacant positions at the school.
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But egg scrambles are a must-have.
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Ashia Aubourg,
Outside,
8 Feb. 2026
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There’s a scramble for top minds in tech.
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Tim Bajarin,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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The trail to the top is short, but quite rugged and more of a scramble.
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Peter Marteka,
courant.com,
19 July 2019
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Maye hit his head hard against the turf on a 6-yard scramble.
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Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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The faces around her were brown like hers, but their words were a scramble of sound.
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USA Today,
22 Aug. 2019
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Make a tofu scramble in place of eggs.
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Maxine Lipner,
Verywell Health,
7 June 2026
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Ovechkin was left alone in front of the net during the scramble.
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Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
7 May 2022
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But the scramble had already left its mark.
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Matteo Moschella,
NBC news,
21 Sep. 2025
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In a mad scramble in the front, the puck was sitting in the crease.
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Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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Clean numbers are a habit, not a last-minute scramble.
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Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
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Deals fall through all the time because of this last-minute scramble.
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Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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That was going to be a fight and a scramble in the house with a gun safe.
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Aaron Couch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2022
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The scramble for some kind of work, some kind of income, was full-on.
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New York Times,
7 July 2021
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There were a few thrilling late-game scrambles by teams hoping to make the next round.
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Jeff Greer,
The Courier-Journal,
29 June 2018
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Josh Allen finds a huge hole for a 26-yard scramble.
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Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
17 Jan. 2026
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As a runner, Maye had one scramble for eight yards.
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Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2026
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Manziel also scored on a scramble to his left as dove into the end zone.
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Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz,
USA TODAY,
12 Apr. 2018
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That has forced a scramble to line up investments to stay afloat.
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Morgan Hines,
USA TODAY,
14 May 2020
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Most of his rushing yards came on two scrambles up the middle.
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Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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There was a scramble on the floor, and players were going for the ball.
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Mike Hutton,
Post-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2018
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Amid the scramble, no one is thinking about what happens next.
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Stephanie Nolen,
New York Times,
11 Dec. 2021
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His shot was off the mark and the Cougars got the rebound off a scramble.
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Steve Kroner,
San Francisco Chronicle,
5 Feb. 2022
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In the boys relay, Jager opened with the sixth-fastest scramble leg.
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Beth Bragg,
Anchorage Daily News,
4 Feb. 2018
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Having a plan B ahead of time can spare you a last-minute scramble.
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Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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The minute a launch begins to feel like a scramble, the story starts to split.
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Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Yet the movie that emerged from that scramble still feels startlingly alive.
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Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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Networking should be a habit, not a last-minute scramble.
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Jill Schulman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Shoes, keys and coats in one place prevent morning scrambles.
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Christine Michel Carter,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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It might get knocked down by a defender or slide down in a scramble for a loose ball.
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Jim Paulsen,
Star Tribune,
15 Feb. 2021
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