as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
in the deliriousness of the emergency evacuation, a lot of things were overlooked
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Noun
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Centered between the Kelce brothers was a silhouette resembling Swift, sending fans into a frenzy.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025 -
But, in the frenzy to get ready, don’t forget about the hospital bag essentials that’ll make your delivery experience (hopefully) a little easier.—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That was a distraction from the perpetual confusion in that first year of Covid, which in itself was a distraction from much of Trump’s rampage through Washington.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
11 Aug. 2025
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The stabbing rampage that took place Saturday, July 26, left 11 people injured before onlookers, one of them apparently armed with a handgun, subdued the suspect in the parking lot outside the store just before police arrived, police said.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
29 July 2025
Noun
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Amid the swirl of delirium and chaos following Everton’s 2-2 draw against Liverpool in February, one player embarked on an individual lap of honour.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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Like its previous iterations, The Naked Gun builds to a grand comic finale, though this one never quite achieves the climactic delirium of the original.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
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“Deliriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliriousness. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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