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frenzy

[fren-zee] / ˈfrɛn zi /


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The departures are the latest sign that a frenzy of oil-and-gas mergers is consolidating the energy industry in Houston.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Amid a media frenzy, Harding, struggling with a broken lace on her boot, finished eighth in the Olympic final.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Many investors were also swept up in the speculative frenzy that drove gold to fresh record highs last year and at the start of 2026, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Since his arrival a year ago at the helm of Chanel, Matthieu Blazy has created a buzz and sales frenzy at the classic French label, with customers queueing outside some boutiques for his latest collections.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

He works this summer often in a frenzy, with what he calls a high yellow note.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

At Creator Fest, Abarca commanded the stage, building up the energy of the crowd until hair whipped in frenzies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

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

Those full-blown viral frenzies help movies explode into movements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 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

When it is necessary they can be prodded into frenzies of fear and hatred, but when left to themselves they are capable of forgetting for long periods that the war is happening.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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

A result is a frenzied market in which apartment listings in the city can disappear within hours of being posted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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

Inigo had never seen his father so frenzied.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

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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