frenzy
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Amid a media frenzy, Harding, struggling with a broken lace on her boot, finished eighth in the Olympic final.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
But it was during the pandemic home-buying frenzy and he felt he was running out of time, so once the couple found a home they wanted, they acted fast.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
US rap star Kanye West's two planned concerts in Russia have been cancelled, organisers said Wednesday, less than two months after their surprise announcement triggered a frenzy of media attention and excitement among Russians.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
My column published online Sept. 8, I’m sorry to say, was unrelated to the frenzy that began a few hours later thanks to a tweet by a minor AI figure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Black bugs, like ants, but bigger and blacker, crawled over it in a frenzy.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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The recent rally in silver is notable, with the white metal exhibiting significant volatility as it has attracted a wave of retail investors in a repeat of previous frenzies over the metal.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
Defenses that have been built to stop the resurgent run game sometimes look ill-prepared for pass-happy frenzies in crunchtime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Harry Polkinghorne, a keen 19-year-old angler, described how he regularly sees bluefin tuna now, including large schools of the fish in frantic feeding frenzies.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
Tasmanian devils have “noisy, dramatic feeding frenzies filled with growls and screeches” when they gather around a carcass, zoo officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
The proles, normally apathetic about the war, were being lashed into one of their periodical frenzies of patriotism.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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He’s worried that the frenzied online discourse will only make the problem worse.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026
Tweaking technique heading into the US Open - where she receives frenzied attention - was always going to be a risk.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Leveraged ETFs and their siblings, inverse funds, are risky, and their frenzied proliferation that kicked into overdrive 2025 may be overshadowing their big jump in closures this year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The most epic call of all time is a blistering, frenzied 68-second diatribe delivered in two different languages that namechecks three British prime ministers, a heavyweight champion, and, oddly, Princess Diana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
But his frenzied weeping had given him some release.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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Loya: —and then they’re just frenzying around their house.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2019
Still we must doubt the competency of the alleged authors of the excitement to perform the bewildering and frenzying acts ascribed to them.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam
He watched their splashing, their excitement, and their frenzying limbs with the awareness that this tousling around had no higher significance.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
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