fuss
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Kimmel noted that for more than 20 years, he and other late-night hosts interviewed political candidates, including Trump, without any fuss.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
Normally, Treasury auctions are routine financial events that play out in the background without much of a fuss.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
"The fuss they've made about this so-called donation, gift or whatever it is - I think it is ridiculous," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“But I didn’t make a big fuss about it then.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
I’m not hungry, but I know Mom will just barge in and make a fuss over me if I don’t eat any dinner, so I drag myself out of bed.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
While Lord Wynstowe fusses around measuring chins and noses, Charlie and Alice are concerned with the grosser features of the human body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
But she pays little attention as she fusses around the grave and whispers sweet nothings to her dead son.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
Julie fusses over her mother, trying to make Rosalind happy, trying to understand her mother as she watches time slipping away.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
She fusses about his health and his attitude, remarking to her son that at least he had given up on his crazy earlier plan:
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2021
My mother fusses with her gloves, pulls her hat brim low and walks across the deck to talk to him.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
He's not alone: according to City Hall, Istanbul has more than 160,000 cats living on its streets who are regularly fed and fussed over by the city's 16 million residents.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
A gentle simmer produces something entirely different from a frantic boil; a pan left alone rewards you more than one constantly fussed over.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
By Friday morning, her 3-year-old daughter had developed a fever and her 2-year-old fussed as his sister slept in their mother’s arms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
She's not fussed about kissing babies or some of the other relatable day-to-day things politicians in an election year feel the need to do.
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
He fussed and argued and finally went away saying he’d bring back the deed.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
The ominous birds, fussing and pooping on his porch, reminded him of Alfred Hitchcock’s film “The Birds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
So does whisking together a vinaigrette, simmering a stock or spending an afternoon fussing over a sauce that nobody asked you to make.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
The hardest part for Treichel, whose primary job is as a finance lawyer, was to not add caveats and footnotes to everything, and to eventually stop fussing with the explanations during the editing process.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
I couldn’t breathe, and I couldn’t stop fussing at Jack Williams.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
From the fussing sounds coming out of the receiver, I knew it could only be Big Ma.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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