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Michael Kotlikoff had spent his presidency navigating federal-funding disruptions and antisemitism controversies—until a campus sexual-assault furor erupted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

McCarthy rode the furor created by his speech to the heights of political celebrity, and ultimately to his own downfall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 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 same anger over lost oil wealth and a monarch in the pocket of foreign interests boiled over again in the 1970s, this time driven by religious furor from the charismatic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 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

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

The point here, it ought to be said, is less to engage in moral whataboutism than to observe that public furors are frequently neither consistent nor coincidental.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2022

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