ruckus
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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
The projections could change all that and even create enough of a ruckus to get a reluctant, car-crazed city to make that Grand Avenue block pedestrian.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
Thiaw, meanwhile, had his media briefing cancelled after a ruckus broke out in the press room.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Those renovations raised a brief ruckus over the summer after Administration officials such as Russ Vought of the Office of Management and Budget accused the Fed of running over budget on a needlessly grandiose project.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
The police broke up the ruckus and no arrests were made.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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