ruckus
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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
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
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 • Dec. 26, 2025
On Tuesday, 250 years after that ride, Judge Charles Breyer of the Federal District Court in San Francisco raised a similar ruckus without ever leaving the bench.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
As soon as she crossed the garden, Anya could hear the chickens raising a huge ruckus inside the barn.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing ruckus
Mayhem! Chaos! Pandemonium!
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