hubble-bubbles

noun

plural of hubble-bubble
as in disturbances
a state of noisy, confused activity amidst the hubble-bubble of Christmas morning we forgot to walk the dog

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  1. disturbances
  2. commotions
  3. stirs
  4. rackets
  5. noises
  6. turmoils
  7. furors
  8. hurricanes
Noun
  • The vote, which is veto-proof, was met with praise by animal rights groups and park advocates who have long called for the ban citing several incidents where horses crashed or caused disturbances.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Record low quantum errors Quantum computers use qubits to process data, but these are highly sensitive to outside disturbances.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of disturbances
Noun
  • Over the past year, men’s ski jumping has been marred by Norway’s cheating scandal and more recent genital manipulation rumors, which has become one of the early commotions of the Milano-Cortina Games.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Definition of commotions
Noun
  • Refrigerated pie crust helps this pie come together with just a few stirs of the whisk.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of stirs
Noun
  • Their rackets—plunder, opium trafficking, and much else—were often run not by members of established yakuza gangs but by fixers and political operators who exploited their connections with the Imperial Japanese Army.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Those trunks held an eclectic assortment of products including tennis rackets, fishing rods, golf bags and men’s ties, dress shirts and suits.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of rackets
Noun
  • Some owners say their phones made unusual noises before the screens failed.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Roz Ryan brought the laughs (and trumpet noises) as Thalia, the mischievous muse of comedy.
    — Kelly Martinez, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of noises
Noun
  • About two couples, connected and dependent on one another, raising their kids alongside each other, facing the same turmoils, the same existential questions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Mayer and Strong offer a broad pop-history lesson, in which the same tensions and turmoils churn on and on in their terrible cycle throughout the decades; the only thing that’s changed are the aesthetics.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of turmoils
Noun
  • There are several other ongoing furors about the president’s propensity to use his power in unusually personal ways.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Oct. 2025
Definition of furors
Noun
  • Emergency responders used the system after hurricanes Debby and Helene in 2024.
    — Zoë Schiffer, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Several Southern California communities have been hit by flooding, coastal erosion and considerable damage from a series of tropical storms and hurricanes that formed in the Pacific Ocean, along with a rare phenomenon called a Kelvin wave.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurricanes
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