ruckus
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White House officials gave him the boot last summer after he torpedoed gene therapies, causing a ruckus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Thiaw, meanwhile, had his media briefing cancelled after a ruckus broke out in the press room.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Various proposals to reverse those measures have kicked up a ruckus in Berlin, in recent months, as an overdue argument about intergenerational fairness is getting some air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
The ruckus over the edits contributed to the departure of two top CBS News executives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
This would get the little fish riled up, they’d bump at the flies and try to pull ’em under and would raise a ruckus that’d make the big fish wonder what the commotion was for.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Other passengers have complained of comfort animals triggering allergic reactions, sprawling over arm rests and causing ruckuses.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2018
Having dispensed with the iffy solo albums, ruckuses and motivational crises of the mega-selling rock band, the reactivated Las Vegas four-piece sound bigger than ever, a gale force of sound.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2012
On the page, of course, where fraudulent memoirs have causes major ruckuses in recent years, the story is entirely different.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2012
In the final days of training, Charles was reported to be peeved at Eagan, disturbed over the prospect of a small gate,* and annoyed over ruckuses among his backers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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