in a tizzy
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Tilly Norwood, the AI movie star, has Hollywood in a tizzy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Also: the “founder mode” trend has Silicon Valley types in a tizzy, but does it apply to women CEOs?
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024
A-list nominees often wait until the last minute to arrive, but press and photographers were in a tizzy to see that best actor nominee Brendan Fraser had arrived just after 2 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
There may be something to it, unlike 1999, when the wine world was in a tizzy, fearing demand for millennium celebrations would create a worldwide bubbly shortage.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2021
We were in a tizzy then until Lamont escaped out into his free afternoon.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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