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furor

[fyoor-awr, -er] / ˈfyʊər ɔr, -ər /


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The resulting furor reached the level that “Saturday Night Live” felt the need to chime in over the weekend, pointing out that Chalamet was lobbing stones from inside a glass house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

The furor over Minneapolis has tested the Apple CEO’s strategy for navigating Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

It also mixes in archival news reports and interviews with Rushdie detailing the furor in the Islamic world that greeted the publication of his 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses."

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 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

For months he had moved along the edge of the furor that raged among the adults of his family, of the neighborhood, and even of the church.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt




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