tantrum
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She said that, while they were alone, she tried to speak to him about "bringing everything up" with the onscreen experts but he "threw a temper tantrum and threatened to leave".
From BBC • May 18, 2026
The rise of gentle parenting added emotional complexity to this labor, turning every toddler tantrum into an opportunity for a measured lesson in self-regulation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The little tantrum he threw when asked about it before the Game 5 finale?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
The rebound from the March selloff has been strong — but stock-market breadth hasn’t been quite as propulsive as what investors witnessed coming out of the April 2025 tariff tantrum.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
He waved his hands in the air, stomped around their bikes, and leapt up and down in a full-on tantrum.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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