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frenzy

[fren-zee] / ˈfrɛn zi /


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

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

But it was during the pandemic home-buying frenzy and he felt he was running out of time, so once the couple found a home they wanted, they acted fast.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

US rap star Kanye West's two planned concerts in Russia have been cancelled, organisers said Wednesday, less than two months after their surprise announcement triggered a frenzy of media attention and excitement among Russians.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

My column published online Sept. 8, I’m sorry to say, was unrelated to the frenzy that began a few hours later thanks to a tweet by a minor AI figure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Black bugs, like ants, but bigger and blacker, crawled over it in a frenzy.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

Defenses that have been built to stop the resurgent run game sometimes look ill-prepared for pass-happy frenzies in crunchtime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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

Tasmanian devils have “noisy, dramatic feeding frenzies filled with growls and screeches” when they gather around a carcass, zoo officials said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025

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

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

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 most epic call of all time is a blistering, frenzied 68-second diatribe delivered in two different languages that namechecks three British prime ministers, a heavyweight champion, and, oddly, Princess Diana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

But his frenzied weeping had given him some release.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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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