plural ruckuses
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: a state or situation in which many people are angry or upset : fuss, uproar
… IHOP recently caused a social media ruckus after announcing it would change its name …—
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Lauren Delgado… the county's GOP is embroiled in a lively legal ruckus over an attempt to seize control of the party.—Charles Burress
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Examples of ruckus in a Sentence
the ruckus left one person with a sprained wrist
quit creating such a ruckus—I'm trying to sleep!
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Can’t a girl just wear some lace and work with pop’s biggest producer without causing a ruckus?
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 17 June 2024
Then came a group of teenage girls running out of a van for selfies, followed by bikers, who stopped to see what all the ruckus was about.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
The dot-com bubble bursting and the financial adjustment of the early- and mid-2000s caused quite a ruckus as well.
—Allen Buchanan, Orange County Register, 26 Oct. 2024
Last year, despite all the ruckus, the number dipped to a record low of 10 percent.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 25 Aug. 2024
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Justin Curto, Vulture, 17 June 2024
Then came a group of teenage girls running out of a van for selfies, followed by bikers, who stopped to see what all the ruckus was about.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
The dot-com bubble bursting and the financial adjustment of the early- and mid-2000s caused quite a ruckus as well.
—Allen Buchanan, Orange County Register, 26 Oct. 2024
Last year, despite all the ruckus, the number dipped to a record low of 10 percent.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 25 Aug. 2024
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“Ruckus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruckus. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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ruckus
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ruck·us
ˈrək-əs 
ˈrük-,
ˈru̇k-
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