furor
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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
The furor ramps up the pressure to reform Lloyd’s, which has a centurieslong history of product innovation and marked cultural conservatism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
But it has done little to quell the furor.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025
Lewis Strauss, who had succeeded Dean as AEC chairman, unjustly labeled the boat a likely “Red spy ship,” intensifying the furor in Japan and creating a very public black eye for the American testing program.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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