as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
the exhilarating feverishness of the final stages of a political campaign
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Patrick Reed drained a hole-in-one at the 'Watering Hole,' which sent fans into a frenzy.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025 -
But just the idea of someone looking under the covers has sent Democrats into a frenzy.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2025
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In November 2020, a man who had previously attempted to join the Islamic State carried out a rampage in Vienna, armed with an automatic rifle and a fake explosive vest, killing four people before being fatally shot by police.—
Danielle Wallace,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Michael Howell pleaded guilty to three counts of felony assault for his bottle-breaking rampage through Midtown on Oct. 5, 2023, that left three people seriously hurt and bleeding from cuts and other wounds to their heads, faces and bodies.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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The film’s ghostly images are at once flattened and alive, hovering in visual purgatory as scenes begin to feel not only like fever dreams, but out-of-body observations of the dreamers themselves.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Measles is a highly contagious airborne illness that can cause rash, fever, red eyes and cough.—
Neha Mukherjee,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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