as in hurried
acting or done with excessive or careless speed
the administrator's schedule left her with no time to make more than a drive-by assessment of the situation
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Recent Examples of drive-by
The arrest came in the immediate aftermath of a horrific drive-by shooting at Artis Restaurant and Lounge in River North, where Mello Buckzz was hosting the release party for her latest project, HollyHOOD The Mixtape, on Thursday (July 3).
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 July 2025
Jackson was arrested in connection with first-degree murder and drive-by shooting.
—Hannah Dreyfus, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
Several mass shootings and drive-by shootings accounted for the violence that occurred between midnight on Thursday, July 3, and Sunday night, according to ABC 7, which tracked the violence.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2025
Four people were killed and 14 were injured in a drive-by shooting in Chicago's River North neighborhood July 2, police said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 July 2025
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 July 2025
Jackson was arrested in connection with first-degree murder and drive-by shooting.
—Hannah Dreyfus, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
Several mass shootings and drive-by shootings accounted for the violence that occurred between midnight on Thursday, July 3, and Sunday night, according to ABC 7, which tracked the violence.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2025
Four people were killed and 14 were injured in a drive-by shooting in Chicago's River North neighborhood July 2, police said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drive-by
Adjective
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After a hurried recovery period in his upstate hospital, Dexter heads to New York City, where his son Harrison (Jack Alcott) has moved.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
10 July 2025
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Here’s how Kansas and Missouri representatives and senators voted in the hurried push to pass President Trump’s massive, controversial spending bill.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Important plot points that could mean something are paid off in the most cursory fashion.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 July 2025
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But responses can take days, and even then, evaluations are often cursory, according to detainees and their families.—
Dhruv Mehrotra,
Wired News,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Although he was renowned for his looks, Alcibiades was notoriously rash and silly.—
Book Marks
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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Those symptoms include fever, cough, rash, watery eyes, runny nose and small white spots inside the mouth and throat.—
Austin American Statesman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Merz, 69, is impulsive, prickly under pressure and occasionally leans into populist bluster.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN Money,
26 June 2025
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Unlike reckless risk-taking, which is impulsive and uninformed, calculated risk should be strategic and intentional.—
Vikram Joshi,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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All hands beat a hasty re treat to the cabin and barricaded themselves behind the companionway door.—
Pat Smith,
Outdoor Life,
24 July 2025
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The recent uptick may be hasty unless the company can consistently deliver production, manage expenses, and progress towards generating sustainable cash flow.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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Aybar-Berroa also has a criminal history in New York City that includes arrests for second-degree reckless endangerment in May 2023 and fourth-degree felony grand larceny and petit larceny in March and April 2024, officials said.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
25 July 2025
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He is charged with two counts of first-degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime in the teens' shooting deaths.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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While some seemed excited about Buck's sudden appearance, some speculated about the possibility of Stephanopoulos leaving the show.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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Then Kings of Leon and Black Keys come out of Nashville and then all of a sudden the diversity of the music that was coming out of there started to really grow over a short period of time.—
Melonee Hurt,
The Tennessean,
25 July 2025
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The latest of the spacecraft, known as sounding rockets, most recently made a successful quick trip to space to study one of the most complex regions of the sun's atmosphere following a New Mexico launch.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
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Instead, use this time to wind down maybe by stretching, reading, journaling or even doing a quick emotional check-in.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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“Drive-by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drive-by. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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