ruckus
Example Sentences
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Then, a mischief of magpies began a ruckus, chattering and hopping from branch to branch of a scraggly tree.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
White House officials gave him the boot last summer after he torpedoed gene therapies, causing a ruckus.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
"From a girl's standpoint, they're going to have to get used to me stirring a few pots and causing a bit of a ruckus," he told ITV after signing up.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025
The ruckus over the edits contributed to the departure of two top CBS News executives.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025
Dyedka had told her about a bukavac he had driven away from the village before, and how the monstrous little creature had made such a ruckus, it had caused Dyedka to go nearly deaf.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing ruckus
Mayhem! Chaos! Pandemonium!
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