furor
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The same anger over lost oil wealth and a monarch in the pocket of foreign interests boiled over again in the 1970s, this time driven by religious furor from the charismatic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
The furor over Minneapolis has tested the Apple CEO’s strategy for navigating Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
The furor is due to his pointed comments defending an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a Minneapolis woman driving away from him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
But it has done little to quell the furor.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025
Harry had forgotten they still had detentions to do in the furor over the points they’d lost.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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