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fuss

[fuhs] / fʌs /


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Slate contributing writer Imogen West-Knights visited the massive new Skims flagship in London to see what the fuss is all about.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

"His sharp mind and vast knowledge of the world brought to bear on any story with zero fuss," she wrote on X.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

If it happens, the fuss will be nuts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Dr. Taylor M. Martin has little fuss to her look, on this workday and on member days.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

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

Julie fusses over her mother, trying to make Rosalind happy, trying to understand her mother as she watches time slipping away.

From Seattle Times Dec. 27, 2022

Put her back in her crib, and if she fusses and cries again, go back and hold or rock her until she stops.

From Washington Post Apr. 9, 2022

She fusses for a bit, but makes Antwan go back to the car to get the towels she has in the trunk.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

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

Other players we spoke to say they weren't too fussed about it - and some didn't even know AI was used by others.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2026

By Friday morning, her 3-year-old daughter had developed a fever and her 2-year-old fussed as his sister slept in their mother’s arms.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2024

But perhaps most memorable, especially for anyone who has ever babied, basted and otherwise fussed over a 14-pound bird, is the season four episode “Turkey in a Can.”

From Salon Nov. 11, 2023

While her sisters fussed over which of the dolls to choose, Sandi grabbed the one dressed exactly like the dancers in the floor show.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

The ominous birds, fussing and pooping on his porch, reminded him of Alfred Hitchcock’s film “The Birds.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 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

Quality brew, especially when used with their bean grinder, for a fresh cup of joe that hits exactly how you need it without the fussing.

From Salon Nov. 20, 2025

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

From Slate Oct. 6, 2025

When she wasn’t fussing about him seeming glad to bring home the bent cans and weevily rice and flour we couldn’t sell at the store, she was complaining about his not having any get-up-and-go.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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