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Brentford: Demolished Spurs and Chelsea without fuss during a highly impressive unbeaten start.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

Otherwise, you might be wondering what all the fuss is about when the envelopes are opened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

I told him that if he’d behave himself and not make any fuss I’d bring him a piece of candy.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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

It fusses over your toast, insisting that the flour it comes from has no more than 75 insect fragments and one rodent hair per 50 grams.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 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 about his health and his attitude, remarking to her son that at least he had given up on his crazy earlier plan:

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2021

Her mother fusses with the safety belt and says to Rosa, “I’m going to get you a helmet.”

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

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

He "wasn’t fussed" about potentially losing his hair - though son Callum had some concerns.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 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

Big Ma fussed at Mr. Lucas to “help Ma,” and Ma Charles refused Mr. Lucas’s hand when he tried to help her.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

After fussing over the feeder as if it were the Mona Lisa, we agreed on an ideal location.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 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

Abina crawled after her tarantula, cursing and fussing.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton