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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fuss (about or over)
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Stacey’s dogged dedication to existing in her truth is clearly going to grate further and further on the women as the season proceeds.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025 -
Founded in 2000 by South Korean pastor David Jang, Olivet has been dogged by legal troubles for a decade and has denied all of the criminal and civil allegations against it.—
Naveed Jamali,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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After nearly a decade of using the sign to needle the beer capital, Anheuser-Busch walked away from the ad and was replaced by Miller Brewing.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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But Carr suggested a more technical approach to needle Trump’s media annoyances, saying in a Thursday episode of The Scott Jennings Podcast that the commission may review whether ABC’s The View should be subject to what’s known as the equal time rule.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Fuss (about or over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuss%20%28about%20or%20over%29. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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