hysteria
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The second pilot meets their passengers’ fear with hysteria, shrieking, outburst—that pilot shames their passengers, saying, “I can’t do my job because of YOU.”
From Slate • May 10, 2026
On TikTok and Instagram, the protein hysteria reached a fever pitch.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
This is very bad, although hardly a Ghostbusters-style, apocalyptic vision that includes human sacrifice and mass hysteria.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
It’s not helpful, and your children will absorb your hysteria.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
They worked therefore with great energy and cheerfulness, though as time crept by there was a suggestion of panic in the energy and hysteria in the cheerfulness.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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