furor

Example Sentences

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Though most polls show that Britons still largely support the crown, the furor around Andrew has given antimonarchists cause to celebrate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 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

For those who have blessedly forgotten the furor from last fall, in late September the NFL announced that Bad Bunny, a Puerto Rican rapper, would headline the official program.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

The furor is due to his pointed comments defending an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a Minneapolis woman driving away from him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

Pushed by a worldwide media furor, a dozen scientific teams looked for similar evidence in other archaeological sites.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann