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frenzy

[fren-zee] / ˈfrɛn zi /


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In his third at-bat, Báez homered yet again, sending his dumbfounded Cardinals teammates into a frenzy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

A global frenzy around artificial intelligence has driven wild swings in the value of the country's biggest chipmakers.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Many of these markets, particularly in the Sun Belt, saw a big run-up in prices during the pandemic home-buying frenzy fueled by rock-bottom interest rates.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Back in 2022, the price of two-by-fours was falling back to earth after a record-setting spike during the Covid pandemic, which set off a suburban building boom and sent stuck-at-home Americans into a do-it-yourself frenzy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Brandy yells, bolting up the stairs in a frenzy.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Known as an “urchin” bait, the lure is dominating professional competitions, sparking a rush of imitators and provoking the sort of shelf-clearing buying frenzies you see for Pokemons and Beanie Babies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 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 government might not have been in power during Trump's last term, but in Westminster, and in the City, there's a universal memory of his late-night social media posts causing frenzies.

From BBC Jan. 18, 2025

The proles, normally apathetic about the war, were being lashed into one of their periodical frenzies of patriotism.

From "1984" by George Orwell

“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

In the frenzied stampede, his flimsy wooden coffin broke and his white shrouded body tumbled into the crowds.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

It is a frenzied, organized dance with missed steps and dropped plates and canned tuna and mayonnaise gussied up into a fancy tonnato sauce that tastes upscale and flawless to the unsuspecting.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

Kamen and Ruben were bringing their work to a close while the frenzied planning for the ceremony proceeded around them.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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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