frenzy
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The strike led to significant protests outside the Newark, New Jersey, detention center, and high-profile clashes between protesters and the guards there as well as a frenzy of attention from the national press.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
After an initial investor frenzy that saw the company be valued more than Amazon and Microsoft, and Musk become the world's first trillionaire, the price of its shares have drifted downward.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
And the rise of AI agents led to such a Mac Mini and Mac Studio buying frenzy that Apple has struggled to keep up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The frenzy traces back to the enduring global box-office runs of two low-budget horror films, Curry Barker’s “Obsession” and Kane Parsons’ “Backrooms,” which have earned $403 million and $349 million, respectively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
And both times she was put into a frenzy by Madam Lucille’s All-Seeing Eye turning up the secrets of her private life.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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The Allbirds pivot is also reminiscent of prior frenzies in cryptocurrencies and in the tech sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 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
Harry Polkinghorne, a keen 19-year-old angler, described how he regularly sees bluefin tuna now, including large schools of the fish in frantic feeding frenzies.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
Tasmanian devils have “noisy, dramatic feeding frenzies filled with growls and screeches” when they gather around a carcass, zoo officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
The proles, normally apathetic about the war, were being lashed into one of their periodical frenzies of patriotism.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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The most epic call of all time is a blistering, frenzied 68-second diatribe delivered in two different languages that namechecks three British prime ministers, a heavyweight champion, and, oddly, Princess Diana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Both companies have seen profits and share prices skyrocket in recent months, as frenzied demand for AI infrastructure squeezes the global supply of memory chips.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Almost six minutes into Nike's frenzied recent football-themed advert, Norwegian superstar striker Erling Haaland finally leaps into life.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
The frenzied but furtive social scene contradicts the message from Myanmar authorities that the country is back to normal.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Ophelia thought that Paul’s personality was built of oppositions—a need for frenzied activity that verged, she thought, on desperation, and a towering self-confidence oddly combined with a hunger for affirmation.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Loya: —and then they’re just frenzying around their house.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2019
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 Putnam, Allen
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 Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)
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