commotion

Owen said he "heard a bit of commotion outside at about 1am and saw the police bringing a man out of the building".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

In the meantime, there’s a lot of unwieldy comic commotion involving a missing corpse, a tweaking, naked Dwight and enough insipid TV sibling bickering to clog the airwaves for a decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

By far the ugliest commotion was a tweet from a political figure many of us were fortunate to be unfamiliar with, Texas Railroad Commission candidate Bo French.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

"During the commotion, stones were thrown around, and one which was thrown by a foreign national landed on a police officer," police said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

While everyone else’s attention was on the commotion above, we made a hasty dash through the gates.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

The harmonious commotions at the family dining table.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2026

At the convenience store, a manager told investigators that the suspect “had previously caused other commotions in the store,” police said.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

He was beautiful enough to cause commotions in tabloids and in teenagers’ chests, but there was always more to Perry than a pinup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2019

But there have been many commotions since, and worse snubs.

From Economist ● Dec. 6, 2017

As his eyes followed the print the rest of his senses were on the alert to the various commotions that went on around him.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers