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
Surely you’ve heard about it by now—the ruckus over deliberate losing and the lengths to which teams go to get a shot at a top draft pick.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
On Tuesday, 250 years after that ride, Judge Charles Breyer of the Federal District Court in San Francisco raised a similar ruckus without ever leaving the bench.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
"From a girl's standpoint, they're going to have to get used to me stirring a few pots and causing a bit of a ruckus," he told ITV after signing up.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025
Standing on a table in the center of the ruckus, the man held a wide leather volume open, while raising one hand high and calling for calm.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
Vocabulary lists containing ruckus
Mayhem! Chaos! Pandemonium!
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