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Amid a media frenzy, Harding, struggling with a broken lace on her boot, finished eighth in the Olympic final.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

US rap star Kanye West's two planned concerts in Russia have been cancelled, organisers said Wednesday, less than two months after their surprise announcement triggered a frenzy of media attention and excitement among Russians.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

It was a mantra coined by the tech giant Meta and used until 2012, which came to define the bad old days of social media running riot in a feeding frenzy of user data.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

At La Grande Épicerie, the frenzy is wearing on regulars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The room was in a frenzy of girls removing their store smocks and fluffing their hair and putting on hats.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Scientists describe the result as seasonal Arctic "feeding frenzies" - part of a major regime shift in the ocean environment along East Greenland.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The recent rally in silver is notable, with the white metal exhibiting significant volatility as it has attracted a wave of retail investors in a repeat of previous frenzies over the metal.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

Defenses that have been built to stop the resurgent run game sometimes look ill-prepared for pass-happy frenzies in crunchtime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

Even our recent market volatility — from meme stock frenzies to cryptocurrency bubbles — reflects the same pattern.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025

The proles, normally apathetic about the war, were being lashed into one of their periodical frenzies of patriotism.

From "1984" by George Orwell

A trek to the site of the deadliest avalanche in California history reveals a surprisingly tranquil spot, a stark contrast to the frenzied 15 minutes that determined who survived.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

At Ivy and other top colleges, this often results in a frenzied effort to gain acceptance into selective clubs on campus almost as soon as first-year orientation wraps up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Some of Blazy's designs have proved so popular they have sparked a neologism -- "Blazymania" -- which has come to mean the frenzied buying in stores off items that often cost thousands of dollars.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

He’s worried that the frenzied online discourse will only make the problem worse.

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026

For a time, she made daily visits to the slums as part of a frenzied charitable activity, which gave her chronic bronchitis and brought no peace to her tormented soul.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Loya: —and then they’re just frenzying around their house.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2019

He watched their splashing, their excitement, and their frenzying limbs with the awareness that this tousling around had no higher significance.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills

Still we must doubt the competency of the alleged authors of the excitement to perform the bewildering and frenzying acts ascribed to them.

From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam