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brouhaha

[broo-hah-hah, broo-hah-hah, broo-hah-hah] / ˈbru hɑˌhɑ, ˌbru hɑˈhɑ, bruˈhɑ hɑ /
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uproar
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Since then, however, and even before this latest brouhaha, the shares have begun to struggle.

From MarketWatch Mar. 30, 2026

This is something far more daffy and useless: The brouhaha over unrequited affections between Seattle Mariners at the World Baseball Classic.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 2026

I imagine there will be a ballet/opera joke or two, though that brouhaha occurred after voting closed so if Chalamet does not win, no hate should be directed at the Royal Opera company.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 15, 2026

With the Greenland brouhaha sidelined for now, investors can look ahead to a big week of earnings as about a fifth of S&P 500 companies will report, including four of the Magnificent Seven.

From Barron's Jan. 25, 2026

Like many usage controversies, the brouhaha over like a cigarette should is a product of grammatical ineptitude and historical ignorance.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

However, today’s development in Seoul is just the latest in a string of brouhahas sparked around the region by Chinese diplomats in recent months.

From Washington Times Jun. 10, 2023

The billionaire, who oversees the electric carmaker Tesla and other companies, is already embroiled in public brouhahas on many other fronts, including a will-he won’t-he $44 billion deal to buy the social media service Twitter.

From New York Times Oct. 14, 2022

Thornton, who didn’t speak after the game, has been in beard brouhahas before.

From Seattle Times Jan. 5, 2018

By the 1910s, partisan brouhahas had evaporated almost entirely from sporting events.

From Slate Jan. 2, 2018

Recent years have produced similar brouhahas about whether serving sushi, or wearing kimonos, sombreros or hijabs, amounts to oppression, invasion or even just benign appreciation of other cultures’ traditions and innovations.

From Washington Post Sep. 5, 2016




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