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I wanted to know what all the fuss was about.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Kimmel noted that for more than 20 years, he and other late-night hosts interviewed political candidates, including Trump, without any fuss.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

This seems like an awful lot of fuss and nonsense over a lost $100 in your case.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

“But I didn’t make a big fuss about it then.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

“Oh, don’t pay me no never mind. I fuss and peck like a cranky old hen.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

While Lord Wynstowe fusses around measuring chins and noses, Charlie and Alice are concerned with the grosser features of the human body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

But she pays little attention as she fusses around the grave and whispers sweet nothings to her dead son.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

Townley fusses splendidly as the nurturing Jane and is even better as Marian, a cynical editor for the Associated Press.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023

A nurse fits a shirt on a newborn who fusses at first and then cries loudly.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2022

Everyone but Sara and Mrs. Hameed fusses over the ice cream machine, which gleams on the counter.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

He's not alone: according to City Hall, Istanbul has more than 160,000 cats living on its streets who are regularly fed and fussed over by the city's 16 million residents.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

Bartley drove in from his home in Buckeye, Ariz., on Wednesday and slept in his car to secure front-row seating for his family, and wasn’t too fussed about the downpour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026

A gentle simmer produces something entirely different from a frantic boil; a pan left alone rewards you more than one constantly fussed over.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025

After the match, Brook suggested he was "not too fussed" about the nature of England's dismissals, but former England captain Sir Alastair Cook believes the Yorkshire batter "might cringe" at such comments in future.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

“I’m not certain, Mr. Hanson, whether this yellow silk flatters my features,” she fussed.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

But some fussing was inevitable, and we had to make plenty of extra stops for diaper changes, bottles, or just to take a break from the carseat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

So does whisking together a vinaigrette, simmering a stock or spending an afternoon fussing over a sauce that nobody asked you to make.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

The hardest part for Treichel, whose primary job is as a finance lawyer, was to not add caveats and footnotes to everything, and to eventually stop fussing with the explanations during the editing process.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

I couldn’t breathe, and I couldn’t stop fussing at Jack Williams.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025

Her mother with her fussing would not be helpful.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan