commotion
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Below are key points about the big commotion over getting money back.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Outside the banquet hall after the Paxton event had ended, Paul Barbieri and a friend stood by their pickup truck wondering what all the commotion had been about.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
Last June, Naomi Welikala noticed a line curving around the block of her local American Legion, an unassuming building that rarely invited commotion.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
This week he put me in mind of a woman I once knew who was always roiled, always creating commotion and drama—quarrels, sudden attachments, fiery endings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
I cried until the sun went down, until the commotion outside had died.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Vocabulary lists containing commotion
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