ruckus
Americannoun
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a noisy commotion; fracas; rumpus.
The losers are sure to raise a ruckus.
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a heated controversy.
Newspapers fostered the ruckus by printing the opponents' letters.
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The ending, including a diminished-chord twist, is pretty pat, if happier than one might imagine given the ruckus that’s gone before.
From Los Angeles Times
Thankfully, the ruckus in the henhouse had summoned Dr. Westminster back from his rounds; he came jogging in just in the nick of time.
From Literature
Nutsawoo was the very same squirrel that had caused such a ruckus at the holiday ball.
From Literature
Roz sent the milk truck away for its evening deliveries and hurried off to see what the ruckus was about.
From Literature
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
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