hysteria
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The Great One has treated backlash to his both-sides act as hysteria.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026
That decision prompted Jim Paterson, Lomond Banks' development director, to say opponents of the plan had run a campaign with "baseless and offensive" claims about the plan, claiming this was rooted in "hysteria and mistruth".
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
The gig started as a one-time guest role but “ignited a fan hysteria so intense,” Falchuk said, that the show was rewritten to make Dane a leading man.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Despite the hysteria, it isn’t dead or dying but changed, in ways that make it more attuned to its audiences but less effective as a vehicle for institutional accountability.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
I laugh, giddy with hysteria as the ground comes closer and closer.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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