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frenzy

[fren-zee] / ˈfrɛn zi /


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In his third at-bat, Báez homered yet again, sending his dumbfounded Cardinals teammates into a frenzy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

A global frenzy around artificial intelligence has driven wild swings in the value of the country's biggest chipmakers.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Japanese “urchin” lures are driving a bass-fishing frenzy, giving tackle shops an unexpected Beanie Baby moment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Many of these markets, particularly in the Sun Belt, saw a big run-up in home prices during the pandemic home-buying frenzy fueled by rock-bottom interest rates.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

As he takes it in his other hand, the last bit of frenzy seems to leave him.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

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

Those full-blown viral frenzies help movies explode into movements.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 22, 2025

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

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

From Salon Jul. 12, 2025

When it is necessary they can be prodded into frenzies of fear and hatred, but when left to themselves they are capable of forgetting for long periods that the war is happening.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Leveraged ETFs and their siblings, inverse funds, are risky, and their frenzied proliferation that kicked into overdrive 2025 may be overshadowing their big jump in closures this year.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

In the frenzied stampede, his flimsy wooden coffin broke and his white shrouded body tumbled into the crowds.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

A frenzied push for artificial intelligence dominance comes with a different kind of cost for Meta, where massive layoffs, employee surveillance and departures have fueled reports of a heated internal climate.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Maxine is, after all, also an artist, trying to preserve her relationship with her children while going through a divorce, contemplating just how honest to be as she works through her mind’s frenzied state.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

Inigo had never seen his father so frenzied.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

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 Allen Putnam

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




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