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"His sharp mind and vast knowledge of the world brought to bear on any story with zero fuss," she wrote on X.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Not Williams’s layoff, not the comeback, not the Super Bowl-style fuss, and certainly not Williams’s decision to accept a wild card to return to singles at Wimbledon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

The manner of his exit was typical of the man; low-key, no fuss, no interviews as yet, no need in his mind to explain his thoughts any more than he already has.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

“Here was this slow burn that then took the publishing world by storm and I thought, I’d better find out what all the fuss is,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

I didn't think Smitty was all that easy to look at—not like the way grown people made a fuss over him.

From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson

While Lord Wynstowe fusses around measuring chins and noses, Charlie and Alice are concerned with the grosser features of the human body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

But she pays little attention as she fusses around the grave and whispers sweet nothings to her dead son.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

Townley fusses splendidly as the nurturing Jane and is even better as Marian, a cynical editor for the Associated Press.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023

Julie fusses over her mother, trying to make Rosalind happy, trying to understand her mother as she watches time slipping away.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

The owner fusses over them with silks and brocades and taffetas.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

He's not alone: according to City Hall, Istanbul has more than 160,000 cats living on its streets who are regularly fed and fussed over by the city's 16 million residents.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

By Friday morning, her 3-year-old daughter had developed a fever and her 2-year-old fussed as his sister slept in their mother’s arms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024

She's not fussed about kissing babies or some of the other relatable day-to-day things politicians in an election year feel the need to do.

From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024

But perhaps most memorable, especially for anyone who has ever babied, basted and otherwise fussed over a 14-pound bird, is the season four episode “Turkey in a Can.”

From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2023

It fussed me, I did not know what I was doing.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

The ominous birds, fussing and pooping on his porch, reminded him of Alfred Hitchcock’s film “The Birds.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

The hardest part for Treichel, whose primary job is as a finance lawyer, was to not add caveats and footnotes to everything, and to eventually stop fussing with the explanations during the editing process.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

I couldn’t breathe, and I couldn’t stop fussing at Jack Williams.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025

For coffee connoisseurs ready to level up their standard cup of morning coffee, the Miele CM5 coffee system makes coffee that tastes amazing without much fussing.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024

She almost said: Then she won’t be making a noise and fussing and being in the way.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen