furor

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Though some activists demanded Wasserman leave his post as LA28 chair and called for a Games boycott, there has been no apparent reduction in sponsorships or ticket sales because of the furor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Danielle Wiley, one of those early bloggers, recalls how, at a conference in 2006, organizers provoked a furor when they announced that websites within their network would now be eligible to run banner advertising.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The same anger over lost oil wealth and a monarch in the pocket of foreign interests boiled over again in the 1970s, this time driven by religious furor from the charismatic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Following The Atlantic breaking the news of the Hegseth DOD’s troubling security lapse, Vance returned to the chat to joke about the furor surrounding Signalgate.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

The online furor over Traveler’s post died down—the comments slowed and the reposts stopped as the community moved on to other things.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows