as in commotion
informal + usually disapproving
great excitement or concern about something
A brouhaha erupted over her statements about the president.
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Recent Examples of brouhaha
His tenure was marked by the brouhaha over bike lanes, a winning issue in progressive circles, but not as broadly embraced by residents.
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
Joshua Hedley, a Florida native who began playing fiddle at age 8 and just released a stellar album of Western swing music called All Hat, can’t help but laugh at the whole brouhaha.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
California has been drawn into the brouhaha, asking voters to approve a response to a move by Texas to gain five GOP congressional seats by doing a mid-census gerrymandered redistricting.
—Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Following the Chiefs’ 30-17 win over the Lions at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Branch snubbed Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes’ handshake attempt, then took a swing at Smith-Schuster, starting a brouhaha on the field.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
Joshua Hedley, a Florida native who began playing fiddle at age 8 and just released a stellar album of Western swing music called All Hat, can’t help but laugh at the whole brouhaha.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
California has been drawn into the brouhaha, asking voters to approve a response to a move by Texas to gain five GOP congressional seats by doing a mid-census gerrymandered redistricting.
—Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Following the Chiefs’ 30-17 win over the Lions at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Branch snubbed Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes’ handshake attempt, then took a swing at Smith-Schuster, starting a brouhaha on the field.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brouhaha
Noun
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Subscribe to Stocks @ Night today and see what the commotion will be about tomorrow today.—
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CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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His parents, who help run the local taco chain, stood in customized Villa’s jerseys and marveled at the commotion Monday.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Using fresh ingredients and whole spices, from his signature butter chicken and mango curry to a Thai-Indo fusion chicken stir fry, paired perfectly with his homemade chai or mango lassi.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Off the heat stir in green portions of green onions and beef.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
10 Feb. 2026
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The catalyst of the looming tempest is the Morton Amphitheater, which will open this summer in Riverside with 30 or more concerts already on the schedule.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2026
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New motherhood is always a maelstrom, but the new new motherhood, it has lately been suggested, has become a tempest of a different, close-to-unbearable order.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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Among the frenzy of videos promoting healthier diets, marathon running, and sobriety, one trend catching on with young people—ironically on social media—is the idea of a digital detox, taking time away from our phone’s most addictive apps to improve everything from sleep to focus.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Then a frenzy as all the players rifled through their music.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Order the waterzooi — the house specialty seafood stew — the duck confit, the crepe caprice, or the escargot petit gris served in a Roquefort cream sauce.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Her Sunnyside restaurant feels like a celebration of cultures, flowing with fruit-forward cocktails, as tables share stews like the red lentil misir humming with heat and warmed with cardamom and cloves.—
Andrea Strong,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Feb. 2026
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But in recent years, the once-sleepy Australian lookout has found itself at the center of a global social media storm.—
Trista Kurniawan,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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With these statistical corrections, researchers can more accurately predict how energy behaves in chaotic environments, such as during the formation of severe storms.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Brouhaha.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brouhaha. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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