mayhem
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“They’re beating on the windows and opening up the back. … Just mayhem, cheering, excitement, crying.”
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
Switching the setting of “Carrie” from suburban Boston to down-home Maine might have helped convince readers that the novel’s mayhem “could happen in any high school across the country.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
There’s one enjoyably oddball visual when Passenger Man disrupts a cozy projector-and-canopy movie night in the forest and suddenly the faces of Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn are on trees everywhere as mayhem ensues.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Six patients had been receiving treatment in the tents on the grounds of the hospital - and it was reported they may have fled in the mayhem.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
But instead of peace and tranquility, chaos and mayhem greeted us.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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