ruckus
Example Sentences
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Various proposals to reverse those measures have kicked up a ruckus in Berlin, in recent months, as an overdue argument about intergenerational fairness is getting some air.
It was a wild ruckus outside with leaves and branches blowing by and Lulu hiding under the bed trying to pretend she wasn’t scared, just curious about those dust balls.
From Literature
If there were this much ruckus at school or the playground or anywhere else at all, Bat would definitely need his earmuffs.
From Literature
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.
The ending, including a diminished-chord twist, is pretty pat, if happier than one might imagine given the ruckus that’s gone before.
From Los Angeles Times
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