ruckus
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The ruckus is blemishing what had been a successful period for Ukraine’s military, which has stopped some Russian advances and even regained a bit of territory over recent months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
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
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
Nutsawoo was the very same squirrel that had caused such a ruckus at the holiday ball.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Other passengers have complained of comfort animals triggering allergic reactions, sprawling over arm rests and causing ruckuses.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2018
Having dispensed with the iffy solo albums, ruckuses and motivational crises of the mega-selling rock band, the reactivated Las Vegas four-piece sound bigger than ever, a gale force of sound.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2012
On the page, of course, where fraudulent memoirs have causes major ruckuses in recent years, the story is entirely different.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2012
In the final days of training, Charles was reported to be peeved at Eagan, disturbed over the prospect of a small gate,* and annoyed over ruckuses among his backers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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