as in scenes
an outburst or display of excited anger
she throws a royal hissy whenever her food is late
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Vibrant, large-scale paintings depicting animal and jungle scenes throughout the hotel are from the original owner’s collection, all from Haiti.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026 -
Serving refreshments and delivering safety briefings may be the most visible parts of the job, but behind the scenes, flight crews are constantly managing far more complex responsibilities.—
Meena Thiruvengadam,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2026
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David walks out of the kitchen and Moira huffs and takes his spot over the pot.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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As much as Payton bristles about media storylines and huffs about tempo questions, the Broncos went 25 minutes without a first down against Las Vegas.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
22 Nov. 2025
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Nowhere is that more apparent than with Septimus, whose story comes to us in potent fits and starts.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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The collection reflects the brands’ shared commitment to thoughtful design and effortless wearability by combining DL1961’s innovative denim fabrics and popular fits with Bumpsuit’s approach to modern maternity style.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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Herrero also sought to use practical effects throughout the film, including gunfire and explosions, often enhanced with visual effects.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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Rubin, with the exquisite detail of its images, is well placed to find these types of events, in which stars disappear in explosions that can be too faint for other surveys to see.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 May 2026
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Like any public hearing, there were a few jokers who had some strange outbursts, but the majority of the over a dozen speakers weren’t satisfied with Gower’s presentation and used their times to ask questions of the owners as to what has taken so long with this project.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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Until then, neighbors will have to deal with the man's outbursts.—
Lauren Pozen,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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The neutrino's sparse reactions with matter are caused by the weak nuclear force, which guides the process of radioactive decay.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
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Wallach acknowledged that Sedelmaier worked during a time when commercial decisions were made less on data and surveys and more on creative professionals’ gut reactions.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Gross grew up in a typical middle-class Jewish household in Long Island, but her father often flew into violent rages which her mother enabled.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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This is all in the first three paragraphs, and the breakdowns—a capacious category that, for Lemann, seems to encompass everything from rages to amiable fugues—do not let up.—
Brandy Jensen,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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Early symptoms include headache, fever and nausea, before progressing to confusion, coma and seizures.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Preeclampsia can impair kidney and liver function, cause blood clotting problems, fluid in the lungs, seizures, and, in severe forms or when left untreated, result in maternal and infant death.—
Tina Sturdevant,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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“Hissies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hissies. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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