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kerfuffle

[ker-fuhf-uhl] / kərˈfʌf əl /


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The kerfuffle lingered in headlines on Wednesday as a news outlet released surveillance video from Art of Play purporting to show Clarkson's visit.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

These controversies might look like a mild kerfuffle if the chip makers’ shares keep falling back to earth.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

The public-relations kerfuffle began on Tuesday, when Winters was in Hong Kong to announce new financial targets, which included a plan to reduce by 15% the lender’s workforce of back-office jobs by 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Carr said the review stemmed from a probe into whether the network’s diversity programs were discriminatory and that they had had nothing to do with the latest Kimmel kerfuffle.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

He pauses, and there’s a kerfuffle in the darkness back there, and I wonder if he has some physical strategy for checking the fullness of his bladder.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green


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