ruckus

Example Sentences

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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

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

"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

Standing on a table in the center of the ruckus, the man held a wide leather volume open, while raising one hand high and calling for calm.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles