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ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, commotion, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
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After that hubbub died down, then Vince Zampella tweeted that Respawn is working on more Titanfall for 2019—just maybe not Titanfall 3. — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, "This week in games: The film Groundhog Day gets a VR sequel, Creative Assembly teases a new shooter," 8 Feb. 2019 Despite all the hubbub around them, electric vehicles have only been making up about 1% of sales in the U.S. — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, "New York Auto Show: Hyundai Kona, Jaguar I-Pace SUVs could change electric-vehicle game," 30 Mar. 2018 Because the more voices that are shouting to be heard through the hubbub—now digitally hyper-charged—the better. — Vogue, "Vogue Runway’s Critics Weigh In on the Fall 2019 Menswear Collections—And the Seismic Shifts Changing the Business," 22 Jan. 2019 Staying There Little Green Bay hotel, just 3 miles outside the hubbub of Hvar Town, hugs a small bucolic cove. — Anja Mutić, WSJ, "A Guide to Croatia’s Island Hideouts," 19 July 2018 So stop sweating the eight glasses a day hubbub and think about it this way instead. — Amy Marturana, SELF, "Here’s Exactly How Much Water You Should Drink Every Day," 2 Jan. 2019 There’s a huge hubbub going on internally at Google in a very vocal group of employees who do not want this to happen. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "Glassdoor CEO Robert Hohman explains why reviews with sexual harassment allegations don’t get removed," 15 Aug. 2018 Standouts in the large, fine supporting cast included Olivia Cosio (Susie) and Kelly Newberry (Mrs. Doc); the opening funeral scene, a chaotic hubbub of many overlapping lines and snarky commentary, set the tone perfectly. — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, "The Glimmerglass Festival and ‘A Quiet Place’ Reviews," 13 Aug. 2018 The result: Pristine, empty beaches, hubbub-free pools, and a vacation that feels like a private tour. — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, "How to Vacation Like the Royal Family in the Bahamas," 30 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hubbub.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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