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
This week, he phoned Jeff Bezos in a tizzy, furious over a reported Amazon plan to show consumers how much of each product’s price owed to the new tariffs on imported goods.
From Slate • May 2, 2025
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
Hoskins then trotted around the bases in front of a rabid crowd of 45,538 fans already in a tizzy over the Phillies’ first home playoff game in 11 years.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2022
The workroom was in a tizzy as Miss Lacey, the models, and the seamstresses rushed about.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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