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hurly-burly

[hur-lee-bur-lee, -bur-] / ˈhɜr liˈbɜr li, -ˌbɜr- /


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So after this week of diplomatic hurly burly, how much has changed?

From BBC • May 16, 2025

As much as the hurly burly of the Coen brothers’ movies might seem distant from Shakespearean tragedy, their films are crowded with schemers seized by misguided ambitions — just usually more farcical ones.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2021

I didn’t see the call when it came in, in the hurly burly of things I didn’t notice.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2016

New justices must adjust to another sort of hurly burly, as Justice Kagan, who joined the court in 2010, learned at one point during Tuesday’s argument.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2012

We were a comical pair driving into the hurly burly of the new city of Chicago.

From Children of the Market Place by Masters, Edgar Lee




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