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As much as the hurly burly of the Coen brothers’ movies might seem distant from Shakespearean tragedy, their films are crowded with schemers seized by misguided ambitions — just usually more farcical ones.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2021

I need to do that outside of the hurly burly of the regular office.

From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2020

I didn’t see the call when it came in, in the hurly burly of things I didn’t notice.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2016

Speaking of that John Prescott punch, it is not just the voters who can stretch the spirit of campaign etiquette in the hurly burly of an election.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2015

White shows whiter against black; a cannon roars louder in the Sahara silence than in the Chicago hurly burly—these are simple illustrations of the power of contrast.

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale