frenzy
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It was this frenzy from which the jury of 12 needed protection, the trial judge decided.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The line that set off the frenzy, in its entirety, is: “He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.”
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
This summer has seen a frenzy around Christopher Nolan’s Imax-shot “The Odyssey,” with audiences clamoring to experience it in various permutations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The news that she was dating Ventimiglia kicked the frenzy into overdrive, especially since he was 30 years old at the time while she was 18.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
In the frenzy, a prized portrait of George Washington was also taken from the White House.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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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 Allbirds pivot is also reminiscent of prior frenzies in cryptocurrencies and in the tech sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 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
Even our recent market volatility — from meme stock frenzies to cryptocurrency bubbles — reflects the same pattern.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 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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“I was frightened and frenzied, which is what con artists use to get our hard-earned cash.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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 frenzied scenes around this clammy building eventually abated, only for Faye Rogers to spark more bedlam with a rampant gold in the 200m individual medley SM10.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The United States' frenzied rush to build out AI infrastructure has boosted exports of Mexican technology, complicating President Donald Trump's hand heading into trade negotiations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
As Cluny exhorted them, they roared back their frenzied replies: “Where does Cluny’s army go?”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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Loya: —and then they’re just frenzying around their house.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2019
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
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
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