furor
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A further furor was ignited over federal investigators excluding state and local agencies from participating in an investigation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Though some activists demanded Wasserman leave his post as LA28 chair and called for a Games boycott, there has been no apparent reduction in sponsorships or ticket sales because of the furor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Though most polls show that Britons still largely support the crown, the furor around Andrew has given antimonarchists cause to celebrate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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 only time I heard him say anything about it was when Aunty Ifeoma called to find out how Papa was doing, because she had heard about the furor the Standard story had caused.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Nine of the 12 furors further found that both companies had acted with malice, oppression or fraud, a finding that set the stage for the separate punitive damages.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
Unlike memorable judging furors from the 1990s and 2000s, this time there was social media for angry fans to dissect videos and zoom in on every potential misstep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Maybe that can take some of the the oxygen out of future furors over who gets to play whom unless the choice is truly egregious.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2023
Even comics without star power who have set off furors, like Sam Morril and Kurt Metzger, are doing fine.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2015
Their chosen speakers lashed them into fresh furors of patriotism while they waited.
From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Charles Theodore Murray
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